Toby Stern papers

Identifier
irn506423
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.148
  • RG-10.162
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1955
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Toby Stern is a survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp.

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.

Toby Stern donated the Toby Stern papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 1990.

Scope and Content

The Toby Stern papers consists of a letter from E. Klein written on behalf of Toby (Tobi) Stern, July 4, 1945; a document from the Bayerisches Landesamt für Wiedergutmachung, dated February 23,1950 at Nuremberg, Germany, stating that Tobi Stern applied for reparations from the German government; and a letter in Yiddish written by Toby Stern's niece and postmarked October 31, 1955. In the letter, the niece recalls that Stern has a beautiful singing voice and that she used to sing during her time in Auschwitz concentration camp.

System of Arrangement

The Toby Stern papers is arranged in chronological order.

People

Subjects

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