Overview
- Description
- Consists of a letter from Peter Fischer in a Sachsenhausen subcamp to Otto Schönshal in Gaya, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); an identification card issued to the donor in Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); and an identification certificate issued to Gertrude Adler, the donor's wife, by the Allied Expeditionary Force.
- Date
-
creation:
1944-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Fischer
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Identification cards.
- Extent
-
1 folder
Rights & 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.
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Fischer, Peter. Adler, Gertrude.
- Corporate Name
- Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Peter Fischer in 2002.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-02 08:46:25
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Also in Peter Fischer collection
The collection consists of manuscript material and three-dimensional objects relating to Peter Fischer and is wife, Gertrude Adler's, experiences in concentration camps in Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Poland during the Holocaust and after liberation.
Date: 1939-1945
Star of David badge with Jude printed in the center
Object
The badge was worn by Peter Fischer in Germany.
Prisoner identification patch
Object
The badge was worn by Gertrude Adler donor's wife in the Allendorf concentration camp munitions factory.