Dr. Bruno Kriss correspondence

Identifier
irn514453
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.379
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Dr. Bruno Kriss was born in Vienna, Austria, on Jan. 4, 1900, and graduated from medical school in 1924. He began a private practice as a gynecologist until another doctor, affliated with the Nazis, arranged for Dr. Kriss' arrest and took over the practice. Dr. Kriss was imprisoned in various Viennese jails for four months and was eventually sent to Buchenwald, where he remained for five months working in the hospital. Through the efforts of his wife, he was released in 1939 and immediately emigrated to the United States where he lived until his death in 1965

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Robert Beecher

Robert Beecher donated his uncle's letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Dec. 12, 2003.

Scope and Content

Consists of two letters written by Dr. Bruno Kriss, M.D., regarding the time he spent in the Buchenwald concentration camp from 1938 to 1939. The letters include commentary on the effect of Kristallnacht on the prisoners in Buchenwald.

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