Harry C. Abeles collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Melinda Abeles, the daughter of Harry C. Abeles.
Scope and Content
Correspondence: received by Harry C. Abeles (Heinz Abeles) [donor's father] born in Munich, Germany on December 6, 1922. The letters were written by his parents Margarete Grete Lewy Abeles and Eugenie Abeles in Munich after their son's emigration to the USA in 1937. Prayer book: received by Harry Abeles on the occassion of his Bar Mitzvah on December 14, 1935, presented to him by the Jewish Community of Munich.
Genre
- Collection