Simon Wiesenthal letter

Identifier
irn707875
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.406.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn707875

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Simon Wiesenthal

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of James G. Bogle, Jr.

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by James Bogle.

Scope and Content

Consists of a letter, with envelope, addressed to James Bogle, then a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, by Simon Wiesenthal. The 2 December 1977 letter, on the letterhead of the Documentation Centre of the Association of Jewish Victims of the Nazi Regime (Dokumentationszentrum des Bundes Jüdischer Verfolgter des Naziregimes) includes Wiesenthal's reflections on Martin Bormann's death in 1945 and the observation that many governments were reluctant to prosecute Nazi criminals.

System of Arrangement

Arranged as a single series.

People

  • Wiesenthal, Simon.

Subjects

  • War criminals--Germany.

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.