Karl Fleissig collection

Identifier
irn562740
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.347.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn562740

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irmentraud Fleissig Durfee

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection in 2017 by Irmentraud (Traude) Durfee, daughter of Karl and Josefine Fleissig.

Scope and Content

Collection documenting the experiences of Karl Fleissig [donor's father] during the Holocaust. Karl Fleissig was a Jewish man from Vienna who married Josefine, a Catholic woman. He was arrested and eventually deported to the Warsaw ghetto, and then to Auschwitz where he was killed. The collection includes postcards he wrote while imprisoned in Vienna, and two death certificates which falsely stated that Karl Fleissig died of sepsis in Warsaw.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Irmentraud Durfee

Genre

  • Postcards.
  • Document
  • Certificates.
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