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Alfred Eisner papers

Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0056

Consists of private correspondence. The letters were written by Artur Eisner to members of his family and a friend in Prague, Czechoslovakia, from DAF labor camps where he was being interned. One of the DAF Camps was in Poznán, Poland.

Date
inclusive:  1942-1943
Language
German
Genre/Form
Correspondence.
Extent
1 folder

About This Document

Document Creator
Alfred Eisner
Artur Eisner
Biography
Alfred Eisner (1932-2015) was born on 5 April 1932 in Teplice-Šanov, Czechoslovakia (Teplice, Czech Republic) to Joseph and Maria Eisner. He was deported to Theresienstadt in 1944. After liberation he was united with his family and later immigrated to the United States.
Artur Eisner was born in Cologne, Germany, to a Jewish family. During the Holocaust, he was imprisoned in several Nazi concentration camps, including Poznán and Auschwitz-Birkenau. He survived World War II, immigrated to the United States, and settled in New York State.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The two letters and nine postcards were written by Artur Eisner from DAF labor camps to his family and a friend from the years 1942 to 1943. Artur Eisner's nephew, Alfred Eisner, gave them to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 1993. They were transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives the following month.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

 
Record last modified: 2023-02-24 13:45:45
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Also in Alfred Eisner collection

These materials concern Alfred Eisner and his family's experiences in Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

Alfred Eisner papers

Document

The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Alfred Eisner, originally of Teplice-Šanov, Czechoslovakia (Teplice, Czech Republic), including his deportation to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1944. Included are a registration certificate issued to Alfred by the Czechoslovakian Repatriation Office and an identification card issued to Alfred by the Sdruz̆ení Osvobozených Politických Vězňů A Pozustalých (SOPVP) in Budejovice, Czechoslovakia (now Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic).

Eisner family photographs

Document

Consists of six photographs of the Eisner family of Prague, Czechoslovakia. Includes photographs of Rudolph and Karel Eisner, and Elsa, Laura, and Klara Eisnerova. All pictured perished in Auschwitz.

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