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Frank Meissner family collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of artifacts and a prayer book relating to the experiences of Franz Meissner and his family in Czechoslovakia before and during the Holocaust, and of Franz's experiences after escaping to Denmark, then Sweden, and Great Britain, where he joined the Royal Air Force, for the duration of World War II.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Margit Meissner, the widow of Frank Meissner.
Date: approximately 1939-1946

Geography: received: Trest (Czech Republic)
Date: emigration: 1939 October
Geography: received: Trest (Czech Republic)
Date: emigration: 1939 October
Date: publication/distribution: 1906
Geography: use: United States
Date: emigration: 1939 October
Geography: use: Denmark
Date: emigration: 1939 October
Geography: received: Trest (Czech Republic)
Date: emigration: 1939 October
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:26:08
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