Hermine Hanlin papers

Identifier
irn516674
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.10
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516674

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hermine Hanlin

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Hermine Hanlin in 1998.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of a letter written on pre-printed stationery by Josef Spitzer [donor's father] in Dachau concentration camp to his family in Vienna, Austria; a letter written on pre-printed stationery by Josef Spitzer in Buchenwald concentration camp to his sibling; a letter sent through the German Red Cross by Josef and Josefina Spitzer in Vienna to their daughter, Hermine Spitzer [donor] in England; and a letter sent through the British Red Cross by Hermine Spitzer to her parents in Vienna.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Concentration camp inmates' writings--Germany.

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.