Erwin Bensdorf collection

Identifier: irn520288
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Erwin Bensdorf.

Scope and Content

Brown leather-like pencil case with 3 graphite pencils, 2 fountain pens, 4 colored pencils and 1 eraser recieved by Erwin Bensdorf in Germany before he emigrated to England in 1939 and used in England. One photogragh album compiled by Max Haybrook, who assisted children from Nazi-occuped Europe through the Kindertransport (4 loose photos inside), 3 photographs (one framed), one document with compilation of notes written in gratitude from KT to Max Haybrook and one typed report compiled by Haybrook concerning events surrounding arrival and care of refugee children in England.

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Erwin Bensdorf papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn520289
- English
- 1938-1941
- folders oversize box 6 1
- Updated 11 months ago
The Erwin Bensdorf papers consist of manuscripts and photographs documenting German and Austrian child refugees including Bensdorf who escaped to England on Kindertransports and benefited from appeals for aid such as former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin’s and from the assistance and friendship of English people such as Max Haybrook. The manuscripts were written by Max Haybrook and document his work with child refugees supported by the Lord Baldwin Fund. They describe the arrival of the refugee children in England, the conditions of their housing, and their pastimes. One includes handwritte...
Pencil box
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn520290
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Updated 11 months ago
Brown leather-like pencil case with 3 graphite pencils, 2 fountain pens, 4 colored pencils and 1 eraser received by Erwin Bensdorf in Germany before he emigrated to England in 1939 and used in England.

Erwin Bensdorf collection

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Erwin Bensdorf papers

Pencil box