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Report of Fritz Linnenbuerger

Document | Accession Number: 2018.579.1

The thirteen page report was written by Dr. Fritz (Fred) Linnenbuerger (1873-1967) and chronicles his trip to Germany in the late summer of 1939. Linnenbuerger, a resident of Ashley, North Dakota, had immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1896. In 1939 Linnenbuerger was among nearly 70 German-Americans who had been invited to tour Germany by the German Teacher's Association. Among other tours and meetings the group was brought to view the Buchenwald concentration camp. This encounter is documented in the report and was included in a November 1939 article of the Dakota Freie Presse (Dakota Free Press), a paper to which Linnenbuerger was a frequent contributor.

Date
creation:  circa 1939-1940
Language
English
Genre/Form
Reports.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the grandchildren of Arthur G. Linnenbrogger

About This Document

Document Creator
Fritz Linnenbuerger
Biography
Dr. Fritz Linnenbuerger (1873-1967) was born on April 20, 1873 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany to Hanna Friedrike Fohrmann (1876-1936) and Friedrich Wilhelm Linnenbuerger. Fritz immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1896. In 1900, he married Amalie Mathilde Anna Bernhardt. They had five children, Charlotte Gertrude (1901-1964), Karl Fritz Bernhard (1902-1973), Margaret Bertha E. (1903-1986), Irma Johanna Minna (1907-1988), Frieda Maria Friederike (1909-1980). In 1933, Fritz married Paulina Schenk (1882-1955). In 1939 Linnenbuerger was among nearly 70 German-Americans who were invited by the German Teacher’s Association to tour German. Among the tours and meetings, the group was brought to view the Buchenwald concentration camp. This encounter was recorded in the report and is also featured in a November 1939 article in the Dakorta Freie Presse (Dakota Free Press), a paper which Linnenbuerger contributed too. In 1967, Fritz Linnenbuerger died in Freeman, South Dakota.
System of Arrangement
Arranged as a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by the grandchildren of Arthur G. Linnenbrogger, and nephew of Fritz Linnenbuerger.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright Holder
Mr. Daryl D. Smith
Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-10-08 14:29:11
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