Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Handmade card sent by Herbert Heyne to Walter Furst in 1950. The card was written and illustrated by Heyne.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Douglas Furst
Physical Details
- Classification
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Information Forms
- Category
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Cards
- Object Type
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Greeting cards (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Dimensions are of card closed
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.118 inches (13 cm) | Width: 7.598 inches (19.299 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, crayon
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum does not own copyright to this material. No information about the copyright was included on the Deed of Gift.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The greeting card was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Douglas Furst.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-08-29 11:19:16
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Cover for handmade portfolio of illustrations by Herbert Heyne and Erich Kästner
Object
Handmade book containing nine pages of illustrations sent by Herbert Heyne to Walter Furst. The book was a gift from Heyne to Furst and was written with Erich Kästner in 1945. It features color illustrations by Heyne and offers a comical and critical depiction of National Socialism and Nazi militarism.
Handmade newsletter/card
Object
Handmade newsletter/card sent by Herbert Heyne to Walter Furst. The card was written and illustrated by Heyne, who dated the card 1950.
Walter Furst correspondence
Document
The Walter Furst correspondence consists of correspondence between Walter Furst at Camp Ritchie, Maryland and his brother Harry, his parents Berthalo and Louise Furst, T.E. Glaser, Herbert Meyer, Curt Sloan, Fred Furst, R.H. Stern, Werner Oppenheim, and various other friends from across the United States. The letters focus mainly on military life and other personal matters. The majority of letters are in English, but some from Walter's father are in German. Also included are two overdue notices for library books.
Oral history interview with Walter Furst
Oral History
