Ernest Michel collection

Identifier: irn558960
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Gift of Amy Goldberg, 2017.

Scope and Content

Correspondence from Ernest Michel, originally of Mannheim, Germany, that he sent to an American pen-pal (Robert Lindsay, of Wilmington, Delaware) from 1937-1939, as well as selected postwar documents, and a DVD titled "Ernest Michel: Memories of a Lifetime" (undated). Also includes a file of materials related to an Auschwitz-Buna Memorial Dinner in New York, and to survivors of that camp, 1964.

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Ernest Michel papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn558883
- English
- 1937-1976
- folders 6
- Updated 1 year ago
Correspondence from Ernest Michel, originally of Mannheim, Germany, that he wrote as an adolescent and sent to an American pen-pal (Robert Lindsay, of Wilmington, Delaware) from 1937-1939, describing his life and conditions for Jews in Mannheim during that period. Also includes selected postwar documents, such as letters of recommendation from American military personnel; a file of documents from the International Tracing Service, regarding the wartime fates of his parents and grandmother; and a file of materials related to an Auschwitz-Buna Memorial Scholarship Dinner in New York in 1964, ...

Ernest Michel collection

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Ernest Michel papers