Sidney Stenzler papers

Identifier
irn503814
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0231
  • RG-19.035
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503814

Extent and Medium

folders

6

Creator(s)

  • Sidney Stenzler

Biographical History

Sidney Stenzler (1910-2004) was born in New York to Charles and Sarah Stenzler. He served with the 915th Signal Corps during World War II, was stationed at Landsberg at the end of the war, and volunteered his free time to assist Displaced Persons, for example by publicizing their plight and by collecting clothing and personal items from departing GIs.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Sidney Stenzler donated the Sidney Stenzler papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.

Scope and Content

The Sidney Stenzler papers consist of correspondence documenting the situation of Displaced Persons at Landsberg in 1945, photographs of Dachau and Buchenwald, and writings and speeches describing the Warsaw Ghetto, the plight of DPs, and the deaths of Italian Holocaust victims. Correspondence primarily consists of V‐Mail and letters from Stenzler to his wife describing his activities with DPs in Landsberg and his trip to Dachau. This series also includes a letter from his friend’s wife, Barbara Falik, including excerpts of letters in which her husband, Sidney Falik, described his activities with DPs in Landsberg. Photographs depict structures, corpses, crematoria from Dachau and Buchenwald as well as a concert at Dachau attended by German prisoners of war and were given to Stenzler by Holocaust survivors. Writings and speeches include an unattributed Polish narrative about the Warsaw Ghetto, a victory speech about the plight of DPs at Landsberg by J. Olejski, and a memorial speech about Italian Holocaust victims by Dr. Edmons.

System of Arrangement

The Sidney Stenzler papers are arranged as three series: I. Correspondence, 1945, II. Photographs, 1945, III. Writings and speeches, 1945

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
  • Holocaust survivors--Germany--Landsberg am Lech.
  • Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
  • Jewish refugees--Germany--Landsberg am Lech.

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.