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Horst von Wächter collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection includes correspondence, letters, postcards, photographs, private documents, diaries and other archival material created by the donor's parents, Otto von Wächter and Charlotte von Wächter (b. Bleckmann), and family members. Otto von Wächter (born July 8, 1901 in Vienna, Austria‐ died July 14, 1949 in Rome, Italy) was an early supporter of the Nazi party and an SS officer who rose to the ranks of the District Governor of Kraków, Poland and later District Governor of Galicia.
Provenance: Horst von Wächter, Otto von Wächter's son, donated the family archives in digital form to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digital collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2015, and accretion in 2016.
Date: 1901-1984

Date: inclusive: 1901-1984
Geography: creation: Vienna (Austria)
Date: interview: 1976 December 19
Geography: creation: Vienna (Austria)
Date: interview: circa 1976
Geography: creation: Munich (Germany)
Date: interview: 1977 December
Date: interview: 1984 September 28
Geography: creation: Fieberbrunn (Austria)
Date: interview: 1978 August 24
Geography: creation: Munich (Germany)
Date: interview: 1976 November 24
Date: interview: 1977
Geography: creation: Bavaria (Germany)
Date: interview: 1977 July 12
interview: 1977 July 14
interview: 1977 July 16
Geography: creation: Graz (Austria)
Date: interview: 1983 April
Geography: creation: Fieberbrunn (Austria)
Date: interview: 1974 January 04
Geography: creation: Munich (Germany)
Date: interview: 1976 November 01
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