Joseph Spitz papers

Identifier
irn500380
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0036
  • RG-10.327
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500380

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Joseph Spitz

Scope and Content

Contains a memoir entitled "Story Written in the Exact Words of Joseph Spitz's Experiences During the Time of the Holocaust"; a photograph of Joseph Spitz taken in 1946, in the Weilheim German Displaced Persons camp; a photograph of Joseph Spitz's family dated 1930; and a photograph of Ilona Spitz, the wife of Joseph Spitz, with children Agnes Veronika and Klara Judith, who perished in Auschwitz in 1944.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is in the order in which received

People

  • Spitz, Mayer.
  • Spitz, Joseph.
  • Spitz, Klara.
  • Spitz, Ilona.
  • Spitz, Agnes.

Subjects

  • Refugee camps--Germany.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Germany.
  • Weilheim in Oberbayern (Germany)

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.