J. Herbert Nagler papers

Identifier
irn612928
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.614.1
Dates
1 Jan 1931 - 31 Dec 1935, 1 Jan 1931 - 31 Dec 1960
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

6

Creator(s)

Biographical History

J. Herbert Nagler (1910-1967) was born Joseph Herbert Nagler on January 9, 1910 in Philadelphia to Morris and Clara Nagler. He had one sister, Myrtle Nagler Richter Patterson. In October 1931, he sailed to Germany to study medicine. He returned to America in December 1935. He married Elaine Nagler, and the couple had two children. He died on March 24, 1967.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susie Nagler Perloff and Jane Nagler Rich

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Susie Nagler Perloff and Jane Nagler Rich, daughters of J. Herbert Nagler.

Scope and Content

The J. Herbert Nagler papers consist primarily of letters Nagler wrote to his parents in Philadelphia while he was studying medicine in Berlin, Germany and in Basel and Fribourg, Switzerland. His letters include his impressions of the last years of the Weimar Republic, the Nazi party and Hitler’s assumption of power, the situation of Jews in Germany, and the April 1, 1933 anti-Jewish boycott. The collection also includes an electronic typescript of Nagler’s letters and a digital image of Nagler.

System of Arrangement

The J. Herbert Nagler papers are arranged as three series: Series 1: Correspondence, 1931-1935 Series 2: Digital typescript of correspondence Series 3: Digital photograph, June 16, 1960

People

Subjects

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.