Nachlass Samuel Jean Richard (1912-2002)

Jean Richard Samuel Werner (April 9, 1912 - October 8, 2002) studied natural sciences at the University of Bern. In 1942 he became an assistant director of the work camp Thalheim and in October 1942 he became a deputy head of the work camp Davesco. In 1943 he became a head of the women's refugee house in Kriens and later on the head of the work camp in Saint-Cergue. In August 1943 he became an inspector of work camps in the central administration. In August 1944 he became a head of the education division. In 1945 he was involved in the organization of the exhibition of art by refugee children during the conference "Semaines dEtudes pour lEnfance victime de la Guerre (SEPEG), ETH Zürich 10.9.-29.9.1945." He resigned from the central administration in 1946. From 1946 to1968 he taught in the vocational college in Zürich. In October 1952 he organized an international conference on the subject of psychology of children's drawings that was held in Zürich.

Source of acquisition is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ), Switzerland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Programs in Oct. 2011.