A wonder Rabbi in limbo First they burned books

Identifier
irn500498
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0001
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500498

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donation was transferred from library to archives in Aug. 1994.

Scope and Content

Typescript (photocopied), 59 pages, containing translated text of a play, originally written in German, by Leo Kohut. Second typescript, 136 pages, titled "First They Burned Books," appears to be a memoir by Kohut of his experiences in wartime Slovakia.

Subjects

  • Slovakia.

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.