Archivo personal de Francisco Wichter

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2017.329.1 | RG Number: RG-72.029

Overview

Description: Papers of Francisco Wichter (born Faivel Wichter), Holocaust survivor. The collection consists of Wichter's correspondence, documents, newspaper clippings, certificates, and photographs related to his post-war experiences. He survived several ghettos, concentration and forced labor camps, including Bełżyce, Poniatowo, Budzyń, Mielec, and Wieliczka, and was chosen to work for Oskar Schindler's factory complex in Brünnlitz. After the war, Wichter and his wife settled in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The collection includes photographs and documents depicting Wichter's activities as a member and official in Sherit Hapleita, the Argentine Holocaust survivor organization.
Alternate Title: Personal papers of Francisco Wichter
Date: inclusive: 1947-2015
inclusive: 1947-2015
Credit Line: Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Collection Creator: Francisco Wichter
Reference: Wichter, F. Undécimo mandamiento : testimonio del sobreviviente argentino de la lista de Schindler. Argentina : Francisco Wichter, 2005

Language: Spanish
Genre/Form: Certificates. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence. Photographs.
Extent: 568 digital images : TIFF ; 8.61 GB .
System of Arrangement: Arranged in three series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Newspaper clippings, certificates and various documents; 3. Photographs.

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Duplication of microfilms/scans for third parties and commercial use including publication of documents requires the written permission of Fundación IWO
Copyright Holder: Yiṿo in Argenṭine

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe. Jews--Poland--History--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Argentina--20th century. Emigration and immigration--Argentina. Holocaust survivors--Argentina--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives. Holocaust Survivor -- Associations, institutions, etc.
Geographic Name: Bełżyce (Poland) Budzyń (Poland) Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Politics and government. Mielec (Poland) Poniatowa (Poland) Wieliczka (Poland)
Personal Name: Wichter, Francisco, 1926- Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974.
Corporate Name: Brünnlitz (Concentration camp)

Holder of Originals: Yiṿo in Argenṭine
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Yiṿo in Argenṭine (Fundación IWO). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Sept. 2017