Morris Gastfreund papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Morris Gastfreund
Biographical History
Morris Gastfreund (1916-2010) was born on 2 February 1916 in Wodzisław Śląski, Poland. He was the survivor of several camps including Dachau, Buchenwald, and Skarzysko-Kamienna. He was liberated from Theresienstadt in May 1945 and lived in the Landsberg displaced persons camp for several years. He later immigrated to the United States.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Morris Gastfreund donated the Morris Gastfreund papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.
Scope and Content
The Morris Gastfreund papers consist of a certificate issued by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in the displaced persons camp in Landsberg am Lech, Germany, identifying Moszek Gastfreund (Morris) as a Polish Jew; a photograph of a protest rally in Landsberg am Lech, 1947; a photograph of Abram Gastfreund and co-workers in the Community Office of the Landsberg am Lech displaced persons camp (DC camp), 1948; and a photograph of Abram Gastfreund, his wife, Sally, and his son, Irving, in Landsberg am Lech DP camp in 1948.
System of Arrangement
The Morris Gastfreund papers is arranged in a single series.
People
- Gastfreund, Sally.
- Gastfreund, Morris.
- Gastfreund, Abram.
- Gastfreund, Irving.
Corporate Bodies
- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- Jews--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- Demonstrations--Germany--Landsberg am Lech--1940-1950.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Refugees--Germany--Landsberg am Lech--1940-1950.
- Refugee camps--Germany--Landsberg am Lech--1940-1950.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Refugees.
Genre
- Document
- Certificates.
- Photographs.