John Hein papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John Hein
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by John Hein.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of a 3-page letter written by John Hein to his parents describing the liberation of Zwodau labor camp (a subcamp of Flossenbürg) in what is now the Czech Republic, 2 photographs from the liberation of the camp, and a Star of David badge given to Hein by a labor camp inmate.
People
- Hein, John.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Women concentration camp inmates--Germany--Flossenbürg.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
- Letters.