Fritz Kauffmann speech

Identifier
irn517866
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.14
Dates
1 Jan 1963 - 31 Dec 1963
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517866

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Ellen Carsch donated this letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 15, 2005. Fritz Kauffmann was her first cousin.

Scope and Content

Consists of the English translation of a 1963 speech, 9 pages, by Fritz Kauffmann, entitled "The Jews in Shanghai during World War II: Memories of a board member of the Jewish Congregation." In the speech, Mr. Kauffmann described his life in Shanghai, where he had lived since 1931, during the war and his activities with the Middle European congregation. He was briefly imprisoned in 1942 by the Japanese in Shanghai.

Genre

  • Document
  • Speeches.
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