Michael J. Kraus collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995, 2004, and 2006 by Michael J. Kraus.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of two pieces of Theresienstadt scrip, correspondence, documents, memoirs, and three handwritten notebooks created from 1945-1947 relating to the experiences of Michal J. Kraus, (later Michael) who was interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen, Melk, and Gunskirchen concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Genre
- Collection