Siegfried Geyerhahn correspondence

Identifier
irn501681
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0151
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501681

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Siegfried Geyerhahn

Biographical History

Siegfried Geyerhahn spent time in Dachau concentration camp for his involvement with the Freemasons. He was the "Meister des Stuhl" or Master of the Chair of the Masonic lodge Zukunft (Future) in Vienna, Austria.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of George Geyerhahn

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

George Geyerhahn donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997.

Scope and Content

The Siegfried Geyerhahn correspondence consists of postcards and letters written between June 1938 and January 1939 by Siegfried Geyerhan, originally of Vienna, Austria. Geyerhahn was imprisoned in the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps for his involvement with the Freemasons. The majority of the correspondence was written from Dachau, but one letter, dated January 1939, was written from Buchenwald. Also includes an empty envelope.

System of Arrangement

The Siegfried Geyerhahn corresponce is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Geyerhahn, Siegfried.
  • Siegfried Geyerhahn

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Freemasons--Germany.
  • Germany.
  • Concentration camp inmates' writings--Germany--Dachau.

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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