Jiři Eisenstein letter

Identifier
irn42636
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.79.1
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42636

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Kussi

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

Peter Kussi donated the Jiři Eisenstein letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2011.

Scope and Content

The Jiři Eisenstein letter consists of one letter dated 1942, 6 pages of text written in English to Peter Kussi. Though unsigned, the letter was written by Mr. Kussi's uncle, Jiri Eisenstein, who explained his life from 1939-1942 in Prague under the Nazi regime in very poetic, exact terms. The letter was smuggled out of Prague and sent to New York, where Mr. Kussi received it in 1944. In January 1944, Jiri Eisenstein was deported to Auschwitz, where he perished. His wife, Mimi, was killed in Auschwitz in March 1944.

System of Arrangement

The Jiři Eisenstein letter is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Eisenstein, Jiři.

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czech Republic--Prague--Personal narratives.
  • Czech Republic.
  • Prague (Czech Republic)

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.