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Archivo personal de Francisco Wichter

Document | Accession Number: 2017.329.1 | RG Number: RG-72.029

Papers of Francisco Wichter (born Faivel Wichter), Holocaust survivor. The collection consists of Wichter's correspondence, documents, newspaper clippings, certificates, and photographs related to his post-war experiences. He survived several ghettos, concentration and forced labor camps, including Bełżyce, Poniatowo, Budzyń, Mielec, and Wieliczka, and was chosen to work for Oskar Schindler's factory complex in Brünnlitz. After the war, Wichter and his wife settled in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The collection includes photographs and documents depicting Wichter's activities as a member and official in Sherit Hapleita, the Argentine Holocaust survivor organization.

Alternate Title
Personal papers of Francisco Wichter
Date
inclusive:  1947-2015
inclusive:  1947-2015
Language
Spanish
Extent
568 digital images : TIFF ; 8.61 GB .
Credit Line
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:16:43
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