George Mandel-Mantello collection

Identifier
irn37783
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.50.1
  • RG-19.073
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

1000 documents,

Creator(s)

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Enrico Mandel-Mantello donated his father's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of approximately 1000 unauthorized Salvadoran citizenship papers prepared by George Mandel-Mantello, honorary first secretary to the Salvadoran consulate in Geneva. Also includes an English language 1944 copy of the Auschwitz Protocols (also known as the Vrba-Wetzler report) with cover letter sent to Mantello, as well as additional correspondence and clippings. Accretion received October 2015: transcription of June 6, 1979 interview for the Oral History Collection of Columbia University; typewritten copy of manuscript "The Rise and Fall of Hungarian Jewry," by George Mandel-Mantello; typewritten copy of manuscript 'The abomination and horror of the genocide in whole world," Diplomatic Press and Living Books, Toronto, 1968.

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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.