Peter Bela Hess correspondence

Identifier

irn523059

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1999.200

Dates

1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1938

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523059

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Gift of Alice Schoen

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 10, 1999 by Alice Schoen, daughter of Peter Bela Hess.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of one letter (enclosed in envelope) and one postcard from Dachau concentration camp written by Peter Bela Hess (donor's father) to Frieda Zeilinger (donor's grandmother). The letter is dated December 3, 1938 and the postcard is dated November 18, 1938. All are official camp stationary printed with "Konzentrationslager Dachau 3 K."

Corporate Bodies

Dachau (concentration camp)

Genre

Document
Postcards.
Letter.

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.