Dr. Friedrich Walter Forster collection

Identifier
irn519083
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.313
Dates
1 Jan 1950 - 31 Dec 2007
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

The Dr. Friedrich Walter Forester (1874-1950) was born on August 9, 1874. Before the war, he worked as the chief medical doctor of the Red Cross rescue service. On March 1, 1941, he was deported from Vienna, Austria to Poland by the Gestapo. In Zakrzowek, Poland he continued to work as a physician before deported the Henkel airplane factory in Budzyn, where he continued to work as a physician. On April 24, 1944 he was sent to a forced labor camp at Miękisz. On August 4, 1944, he was sent to the Flossenbürg concentration camp. On April 10, 1945, he arrived in Dachau concentration camp, after which he was sent on a death march and was liberated by the United States Army. He died from injuries sustained during a car accident on October 14, 1950.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Sandro Lane donated the Dr. Friedrich Walter Forester collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 29, 2007.

Scope and Content

The Dr. Friedrich Walter Forster collection consists of a photocopy of Forster’s German handwritten memoir of his Holocaust experiences, an English translation of the memoir, and a brief essay written by Forester's nephew Sandro Lane. The memoir describes Dr. Forester’s 1941 deportation from Vienna, Austria to Poland by the Gestapo. In Zakrzowek, Poland he continued his work as a physician before being deported to series of forced labor camps including Budzyn and Miękisz. He was sent to the Flossenbürg concentration camp in 1944. Towards the end of the war, he was sent from Flossenbürg to Dachau concentration camp, where he was sent on a death march and ultimately liberated by the United States Army.

System of Arrangement

The Dr. Friedrich Walter Forester collection is arranged in a single series.

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