Martin Harth collection

Identifier
irn548889
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.123
Dates
1 Jan 1934 - 31 Dec 1934
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn548889

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Martin Harth and Rachel Harth

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

Martin Harth donated the Martin Harth collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.

Scope and Content

The Martin Harth collection consists of a certificate issued to Meier Harth, a German Jewish Veteran of World War I, in Giessen, Germany, on July 13, 1934. Written on the side, in pencil (translation): "The enclosed Ehren Kreuz (Honor Medal)/may have helped my father's release [from a concentration camp]." Also includes a photograph of Meier Harth, seated, with an open book in his lap.

System of Arrangement

The Martin Harth collection is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Harth, Meier.

Subjects

  • World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Germany.
  • Giessen (Germany)
  • Germany.

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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