Overview
- Description
- 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
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inclusive:
1942-1943
- Collection Creator
- Alfred Eisner
Artur Eisner - Biography
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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.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is chronological
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Poznań (Poland)
- Personal Name
- Eisner, Artur.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Poznań (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- 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.
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- 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.
