Leo Holzer collection

Identifier
irn508125
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0276
  • RG-10.192
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1988
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Czech
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508125

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated by Dr. Desider Galsky, the former Director of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic. Before the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum could secure a donor agreement, Dr.Galsky, Mr. Holzer, and Mrs. Holzer all died. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum does not have a donor agreement.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of the memoirs of the fire brigade commander in Terezin concentration camp with accompanying photos. The collection details the experiences of Leo Holzer, a fire brigade commander in Terezin (Theresienstadt), from the period 1941-1945

System of Arrangement

Organization is chronological

People

  • Holzer, Leo.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945.
  • Fire extinction--Czechoslovakia.

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.