Overview
- Description
- Consists of two letters written by Dr. Bruno Kriss, M.D., regarding the time he spent in the Buchenwald concentration camp from 1938 to 1939. The letters include commentary on the effect of Kristallnacht on the prisoners in Buchenwald.
- Date
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1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Robert Beecher
- Collection Creator
- Bruno Kriss
- Biography
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Dr. Bruno Kriss was born in Vienna, Austria, on Jan. 4, 1900, and graduated from medical school in 1924. He began a private practice as a gynecologist until another doctor, affliated with the Nazis, arranged for Dr. Kriss' arrest and took over the practice. Dr. Kriss was imprisoned in various Viennese jails for four months and was eventually sent to Buchenwald, where he remained for five months working in the hospital. Through the efforts of his wife, he was released in 1939 and immediately emigrated to the United States where he lived until his death in 1965
Physical Details
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Austria--Vienna.
- Geographic Name
- Vienna, Austria.
- Personal Name
- Kriss, Bruno.
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Robert Beecher donated his uncle's letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Dec. 12, 2003.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-23 13:55:59
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