Israel Fischer and Lajos Spitz letters

Identifier
irn503699
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.A.0054
  • RG-39.001.01
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503699

Extent and Medium

folder

1

,

1 microfiche,

Archival History

Madeline M. Deutsch

Acquisition

Madeline M. Deutsch provided the letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections Department under conditions of temporary custody in May 1991. The Museum made photograph duplicates of the letters and returned the originals to Ms. Deutsch. The Archives received the letters in Hungarian. The Photo Archives made photocopies of the letters and transferred the photographs to the Archives.

Scope and Content

Contains photograph duplicates of six letters by Israel Fischer and Lajos Spitz. Magda Spitz Bergstein, a citizen of the United States, was the recipient of the letters. They contain pleas for help by Fischer and Spitz in their attempts to flee Hungary during the Holocaust.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological

People

  • Spitz, Lajos.
  • Bergstein, Magda Spitz.
  • Fischer, Israel.

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews--Hungary.
  • Jews--United States.
  • Hungary--Emigration and immigration.

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.