Helmut Georg Schreima papers

Identifier
irn724240
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2022.55.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

4

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Patricia Schreima

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Patricia Schreima.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs, postcards, and a memoir pertaining to the experiences of Helmut Georg Schreima (1917-1981). Schreima, a Czech-German teenager from Lower Silesia, was arrested as an anti-Nazi teenager on a charge of high treason. Following his release after several years of imprisonment, Schreima later served in the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front and in France. While in France, Schreima defected and joined the French Forces Interior. At the end of the war, Schreima worked with OSS behind the lines and then immigrated to the United States where he pursued a legal career, becoming both a professor and judge.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Patricia Schreima

Corporate Bodies

Genre

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