Herbert Hordes collection

Identifier
irn544141
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.310.1
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn544141

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stella G. Hordes

Collected by Herbert Hordes, donor's late husband. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Stella Hordes.

Scope and Content

Contains a collection of postal covers, mail forms, postcards, and Red Cross correspondence from the Holocaust era. Includes materials sent to/from Stalag VIIIB, Italy, Theresienstadt, Berlin, Nurnberg, Sachsenhausen, France, Canada, Palestine, and Israel; dated 1940-1949; collected by Herbert Hordes (donor's late husband).

Corporate Bodies

  • International Committee of the Red Cross

Genre

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.

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