Eva and Otto Pfister collection

Identifier: irn628595
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Kathy, Peter and Tom Pfister, the children of Eva and Otto Pfister.

Scope and Content

The Eva and Otto Pfister papers consist of diaries, immigration files, and other materials documenting German Jewish refugee Eva Pfister’s experiences in France and New York, her efforts on behalf of her non-Jewish German refugee husband Otto Pfister and their socialist colleagues, and the anti-Nazi work of the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund (ISK). Eva’s four diaries document her teenage years in Goldap, her life as a refugee in France separated from Otto, interned in Gurs, waiting in Montauban for her opportunity to emigrate, her escape over the Pyrénées to Lisbon, and her immigration to the United States aboard the Nea Hellas. Her immigration file documents her efforts to obtain visas for her ISK colleagues stranded in southern France.

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Eva and Otto Pfister papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn611705
- English
- 1925-1950
- folders 8
- Updated 1 year ago
The Eva and Otto Pfister papers consist of diaries and immigration files documenting German Jewish refugee Eva Pfister’s experiences in France and New York, her efforts on behalf of her non-Jewish German refugee husband, Otto Pfister, and their socialist colleagues, and the anti-Nazi work of the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund (ISK). Eva’s four diaries document her teenage years in Goldap, her life as a refugee in France separated from Otto, interned in Gurs, waiting in Montauban for her opportunity to emigrate, her escape over the Pyrénées to Lisbon, and her immigration to the Un...
Woven diary cover
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn628596
- English
- overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 4.380 inches (11.125 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Blue and white woven cover from the "blue book" diary in the collection. The Eva and Otto Pfister papers consist of diaries, immigration files, and other materials documenting German Jewish refugee Eva Pfister’s experiences in France and New York, her efforts on behalf of her non-Jewish German refugee husband Otto Pfister and their socialist colleagues, and the anti-Nazi work of the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund (ISK). Eva’s four diaries document her teenage years in Goldap, her life as a refugee in France separated from Otto, interned in Gurs, waiting in Montauban for her oppor...

Eva and Otto Pfister collection

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Eva and Otto Pfister papers

Woven diary cover