Overview
- Description
- Contains letters, essays, and articles relating to the life and career of Armand Eisler. Among the topics covered are Eisler genealogy, post-war Austria, international politics, and the Middle East. Included with the papers is a copy of "The Terror as a System: the Concentration Camp" by Ernst Federn. Included in the correspondence are letters signed by Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Felix Frankfurter, Virginia Gildersleeve, Harold Stassen, and post-war Austrian presidents Karl Renner and Adolf Schärf.
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1957
- Collection Creator
- Armand Eisler
- Biography
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Armand Eisler (b. May 6, 1880, Paris, France, d. Sept. 16, 1957, Miami, Florida) graduated from the University of Vienna with degrees in law and political science. In 1938 Eisler was a prisoner in Dachau concentration camp and subsequently imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp. The Nazis released him from Buchenwald in 1939 and he immediately emigrated to the United States. Eisler served as the chairman of many committees, among them, the K.Z. American Association of Former Inmates of Concentration Camps.
Physical Details
- Extent
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23 microfiche.
- Extent
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24 folders
- System of Arrangement
- Organized: RG-10.024.01, Articles and essays by Dr. Armand Eisler; RG-10.024.02, Clippings and other documents relating to the life of Dr. Armand Eisler; RG-10.024.03, Correspondence,1940-1946; and RG-10.024.04, "The Terror as a System: the Concentration Camp" by Ernst Federn
Arrangement is thematic
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
- Armand Eisler
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camps. Genealogy. Communism. Jews--Austria. Political science. Holocaust survivors. Lawyers.
- Geographic Name
- Austria. Middle East.
- Personal Name
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. Federn, Ernst. Eisler, Armand, 1880-1957.
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Herman Spitz inherited Armand Eisler's papers shortly before his emigration to the United States. The collection became the property of Spitz's stepdaughter, Jill Grossvogel at the time of Spitz' death. Grossvogel donated the papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 1989.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:59:49
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