Gustav Spitzer letters
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Gustav Spitzer
Biographical History
Gustav Spitzer lived in Chicago in the late 1930’s. Though his last name was Spitzer, he was unrelated to any of the people from he received letters from at this time.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Harvey Share donated the photocopies of the letters in 1993. Elizabeth Morrison donated the original letters on July 2, 2001, which was accessioned as 2002.171. This latter accession was unified into 1995.A.0019.
Scope and Content
The Gustav Spitzer letters contain correspondence sent to Gustav Spitzer while he was living in Chicago from 1938-1939. The letters come from Vienna and Prague, all from Jewish citizens with the same surname of Spitzer. Though they have no relation to Gustav, they are requesting that he assist them in granting them affidavits so they may immigrate to the United States. The letters show the desperation and discrimination that Jews were facing at this time in Austria and Czechoslovakia, that they would explore any possibility to escape their conditions.
System of Arrangement
The Gustav Spitzer letters are arranged as a single series.
People
- Spitzer, Berta.
- Spitzer, Josef.
- Kellerman, Martha.
- Spitzer, Heinrein.
- Spitzer, Alfred.
- Spitzer, Marie.
- Spitzer, Erika.
- Spitzer, Alice.
- Spitzer, Gustav.
- Spitzer, Hana.
Subjects
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Czechoslovakia--Emigration and immigration.
- Jews--Persecutions--Austria.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Austria--Emigration and immigration.
- Chicago (Ill.)
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Photographs.
- Document