John and Melanie Balzer papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John and Melanie Balzer
John and Melanie Balzer donated the papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.
Scope and Content
The papers consist of a letter written on a pre-printed form by a prisoner in Flossenbürg concentration camp, an envelope mailed by a prisoner at Flossenbürg, and a postcard mailed from the Generalgouvernement of Poland to a Jewish relief agency in Geneva, Switzerland, notifying them that Feiga Prokeszh received their provision package.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Poland.
- Concentration camp inmates' writings--Germany--Flossenbürg.
Genre
- Document
- Postcards.
- Letters.