Max Birnbach collection

Identifier
irn516695
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.386
Dates
1 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1960
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Max Birnbach and the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Mar. 25, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of correspondence, postcards, and forms related to the efforts of Maximillian Birnbach to emigrate from Switzerland during the war and his efforts to assist family and friends in Vienna to do the same. Also includes post-war correspondence regarding attempts to find missing loved ones. The majority of the correspondence dates from 1938-1942 and from 1946-1948.

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.