Harold Fishbein collection
Extent and Medium
boxes
oversize folder
3
1
Creator(s)
- Harold Fishbein
Biographical History
Harold Fishbein was the Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's Displaced Persons camp, Schlachtensee, from 1945 to 1948.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz
Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz donated the Harold Fishbein collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 2, 2003.
Scope and Content
The collection documents the post-war experiences of Harold Fishbein, Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration’s Schlachtensee DP camp (Düppel Center) near Berlin. Included is personal correspondence, a draft copy for a book he was writing about the DP camp, speech outlines and miscellaneous documents, and over 400 photographs depicting Fishbein, Schlachtensee DP camp, and displaced persons.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as four series: Series 1: Correspondence, 1941-1949 Series 2: Draft copy of Fishbein’s book about the Schlachtensee camp Series 3: Outlines for speeches and miscellaneous documents Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1945-1948
People
- Harold Fishbein
- Kaufherr, Joseph.
- Strauss, Max.
- Fishbein, Harold.
Corporate Bodies
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Germany--Schlactensee.
- Ulm (Germany)
- Schlachtensee (Berlin, Germany)
- Displaced persons camps.
Genre
- Speeches.
- Document
- Manuscripts.
- Correspondence.
- Photographs.