Letter written by the Vichy General Commissioner to Berck Hercberg

Identifier
irn516616
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.48
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516616

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of David and Micheline E. Peller

Sent to Berck Hercberg (donor's father-in-law) by the General Commissioner on the Jewish Question in Vichy, France, July 1943. At Berck Hercberg's (donor's father-in-law) death, David Peller obtained the document from his mother-in-law for the purpose of donating it to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The letter was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by David Peller in 1997.

Scope and Content

The letter was written by the Vichy General Commissioner to Berck Hercberg donor's father-in-law and pertains to the disposition of Jewish property in the Vichy zone of France.

People

  • Hercberg, Berck.

Subjects

  • Jewish property--France.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.

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.