Jerry and Esther Besser collection

Identifier
irn508116
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0147
  • RG-10.185
Dates
1 Jan 1987 - 31 Dec 1988
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508116

Extent and Medium

folder

1

11 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Gift of Jerry and Esther Besser, 1994.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence from the International Tracing Service of the International Red Cross, sent to Jerry and Esther Besser, of Atlanta, in response to requests that had placed in 1987. Included is a letter with information about Jerry (Gezel) Besser's internment at Gross-Rosen and Dachau, and a letter with information about Edzia Zajbel (born 1930), and her interment at camps in Ludwigsdorf and Reichenbach, and following liberation, her stay at the Ansbach displaced persons camp.

People

  • Besser, Jerry.
  • Besser, Esther.

Subjects

Genre

  • Document
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