Charles and Ellen Hill collection

Identifier
irn560495
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.313.1
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Claudia Kruse

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Claudia Kruse. Charles Hill was the brother of Claudia Kruse's father's business partner.

Scope and Content

Contains a handwritten letter, with envelope, from Charles Hill to his wife Ellen about his visit to the Buchenwald concentration camp, dated April 22, 1945; a typed carbon copy of the letter; three photographs and one partial photo, all mounted on paper, of Charles & Ellen Hill while on vacation in Greece and Europe shortly before WWII, dated 1939; and one loose photo of Charles Hill, dated January 1945.

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.