Alfred Büchler papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Alfred Buechler
Biographical History
Alfred Buechler was born Alfred Büchler in 1925 in Gleiwitz, Germany (now Gliwice, Poland) to wine merchant Jacques Büchler and Käthe Büchler (née Brauer). His brother and sister were Heinrich (Henry) and Steffi Büchler. Jacques was arrested during Kristallnacht and imprisoned at Buchenwald, and Henry was sent to Buchenwald two days later. Henry joined Steffi in England after his release in December, and Alfred was reunited with his siblings via Kindertransport in June 1939. He found work in a kitchen in Ipswich and became a kosher caterer. Henry became an engineer. Jacques Büchler was imprisoned in Gleiwitz in 1941 and transferred to Auschwitz where he perished in 1942. Käthe Büchler also perished during the Holocaust.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alfred Buechler
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Alfred Buechler donated the Alfred Büchler papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.
Scope and Content
The Alfred Büchler papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, and police and Buchenwald Kommandantur certificates documenting the Büchler family of Gleiwitz; Heinrich Büchler’s incarceration in Buchenwald; Alfred Büchler’s freedom to emigrate; Alfred, Steffi, and Henry Büchler’s efforts in England to communicate with their parents, Jacques and Käthe Büchler, in Gleiwitz; and Jacques Büchler’s death at Auschwitz.
System of Arrangement
The Alfred Büchler papers are arranged as a single series: Alfred Büchler papers, 1937-1960 (bulk 1937-1942)
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Ipswich (England)
- Gliwice (Poland)
Genre
- Document