Overview
- Description
- Contains documents, correspondence, clippings, and photographs related to the life and Holocaust experiences of Konrad Bieber. Includes information about his parents, Hugo and Lucy Bieber, who escaped France with emergency visas in 1940, and information regarding Konrad Bieber's wartime experiences. He was imprisoned in Montreuil-Bellay, France in 1940, escaped on Yom Kippur and worked for the American Friends Service Committee in Montauban, France from 1940-1942. In 1942, he went into hiding and remained in hiding, working for the French Resistance, until liberation in 1944. After the war, Konrad Bieber joined his parents in the United States and became a professor of French and comparative literature. The collection includes pre-war and post-war photographs, Konrad Bieber's unpublished memoir, and correspondence regarding a petition to Yad Vashem to honor Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
- Date
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1927-2006
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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3 boxes
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).
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne, France)
- Personal Name
- Bieber, Konrad. Bieber, Hugo. Bieber, Lucy.
- Corporate Name
- American Friends Service Committee
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Marianne Kalman donated her collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on May 26, 2006. She was a friend and partner of the late Mr. Bieber. Her twin sister, Dolly Tiger, assisted with the donation.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-23 15:34:48
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