Overview
- Description
- Documents and correspondence concerning Samuel Halber (donor’s father). Born June 22, 1914 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, he fled Nazi-occupied Europe in 1941 through Spain and Portugal were he applied for a US visa, ultimately arriving in New York City in 1941. He was drafted into the United States Army and was a Military Intelligence Interpreter, translating German, Dutch, and French in England until 1945, when he was assigned to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) and supervised the denazification of German railroads in the US Zone.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anne Dessaint
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Ms. Anne Dessaint
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:50:18
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34927
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