Rene and Raya Karschon papers
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of René Karschon
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Barbara Jungnitsch, the executor of the estate of Rene Karschon.
Scope and Content
The papers document the experiences of Rene and Raya Karschon during the Holocaust. Includes documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to Rene's imprisonment in Camp de Gurs in France and his subsequent escape to Switzerland (dated 1941-1942) and letters and postcards written to Raya Levin, Rene Karschon's wife, in Switzerland from her relatives in Vilna, Poland (Vilnius, Lithuania) (dated 1938-1941). Also includes postcards and correspondence written by Rene Karschon while in Le Chambon, France, between 1941-1942.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Estate of Rene Karschon
People
- Karschon, Raya.
- Karschon, R. (René), 1919-
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Refugees, Jewish--Switzerland.
- Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius--History--20th century.
- Barracks--France--Gurs--1940-1950.
- Prisoners--France--Gurs--1940-1950.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Switzerland.
- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)
Genre
- Postcards.
- Photographic postcards.
- Photographs.
- Document
- Correspondence.