Franz Beaufaÿs anti-Nazi poetry

Identifier
irn517267
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.333
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517267

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Pecco Beaufaÿs

Pecco Beaufaÿs donated his father's poetry to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 12, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of one book, 44 pages, entitled "Franz Beaufaÿs, 1897-1961." The book consists of a collection of wartime and post-war poetry written by Franz Beaufaÿs in which he expresses his anger and disgust toward the Nazi regime, believing that the Nazis had co-opted the formerly proud German culture. Poems include "Buchenwald," "Politische Konferenz," and "Gestapo."

Genre

  • Poems.
  • Document
  • Publications.
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