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Nachlass Lajser Ajchenrand (1911-1985)

Document | Accession Number: 2017.48.1 | RG Number: RG-58.032

Private papers of Lajser Ajchenrand (1911-1985), a Holocaust survivor and author. The collection consists of personal documents, photos, press articles, the vernissage in the Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ), Switzerland, correspondence with Max Brod, Marc Chagall, Max Frisch, Hermann Hesse, Abraham Karpinovitch, Jo Mihaly, Carl Seelig, Nelly Sachs, Abraham Sutzkever, et al., poems various texts and reviews relating to Holocaust experiences and his intelectual life and literary work.

Alternate Title
Laiser Ajchenrand papers
Date
inclusive:  1932-2007
Language
German
Yiddish
Genre/Form
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Poems.
Extent
2,231 digital images : PDF.

About This Document

Document Creator
Lajser Ajchenrand
Biography
Lajzer Ajchenrand (1911-1985), he was a Jewish poet. Ajchenrand was born in Poland, from 1937 lived in Paris, where he also temporarily served in the French army. In 1940, under the Vichy, he was interned. After his flight to Switzerland in 1942, he was again interned. His mother and sister were killed in Majdanek concentration camp. After 1945, he lived with his future wife in Küsnacht and spent five years in Israel. For formal reasons, Switzerland refused to grant him citizenship. Lajzer Ajchenrand wrote exclusively Yiddish poems. In 1976, his work was awarded the Itzik-Manger Prize, one of the most important Israeli literary awards.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in three series: 1. Biographic materials; 2. Correspondence; 3. Literary work.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Source of acquisition is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ), Switzerland; Archival signature: NL Lajser Ajchenrand. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in March 2017.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Users are required to complete a User Declaration in order to gain access to the collection.
Conditions on Use
No publication and copies of the records and finding aids to the 3rd party users without the written permission from the Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ). The Museum may not transfer the materials or duplicate records thereof or any of the finding aids to any third party, except as permitted in the Cooperation Contract, Article II paragraph 5 herein or as otherwise permitted in writing by the AfZ. The Museum may not publish the reproduction material or finding aid on the Internet, World Wide Web, or any publicly accessible on-line network without the written permission of the AfZ. Contact afz@history.gess.ethz.ch.

Copyright Holder
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
 
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