Theodor Roenigh correspondence

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2020.369.1

Overview

Description: Copies of correspondence relating to the arrest of Theodor Roeingh, who was a member of the Reichstag for the Zentrum party. After the plot against Hilter failed in July 1944, he was arrested by the Gestapo and brought to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He likely died on a death march from there to Parchim. The copies of letters were written by his sons to the Reichs Security Main Office in order to ask for a release of their father.
Date: circa 1945
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, gift of Ulrich Roeingh

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Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The correspondence was donated to the United States Holocuast Memorial Museum in 2020 by Ulrich Roeingh.
The acquisition of this collection was made possible through a partnership with the Historical place Villa ten Hompel.