Max Bruenn collection

Identifier
irn500565
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0373
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500565

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Marianne Margolin.

Scope and Content

Testimonies, typescript. One, a photocopy of a typescript, is titled "Notizen waehrend des Krieges," and written in form of diary, 69 pages, describes experiences of author from outbreak of war in September 1939 to invasion of Norway in 1940. The other, titled "Notizen nach dem Kriege," written in 1946, consists of 22 pages of typescript looking back on wartime experiences and immediate aftermath. A photo of Max Bruenn in included as well as a a document from a doctor in Berlin, dated 1939, attesting that Marianne Elkisch is of good health; this was likely paperwork needed for immigration efforts.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged thematically.

People

  • Bruenn, Max.

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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