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Otto Eidlitz diaries

Document | Accession Number: 2017.121.1

The Otto Eidlitz diaries consist of three diaries written by Otto Eidlitz between 1940 and 1943. The diaries cover the period of his escape from Hungary to Spain and his time in the Miranda del Ebro prison. The diaries also include his handwritten Hungarian to Spanish dictionary.

Date
inclusive:  1940-1943
Language
Hungarian
Spanish
Genre/Form
Diaries.
Extent
1 oversize box
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jason Eidlitz

About This Document

Document Creator
Otto Eidlitz
Biography
Otto Eidlitz (born ca. 1925) was born to János (b. 1890) and Ilona Eidlitz in Budapest, Hungary and had two brothers, György (born ca. 1921) and Tamás (born ca. 1923). János was born in Nebraska, but he moved back to Hungary with his parents in the early 1890s. Otto lived in Hungary and worked as a leather worker. Before being imprisoned as a foreign prisoner in the Miranda del Ebro prison, Otto spent time at a boarding school in Spain while his parents were trying to obtain visas to the United States or Cuba. After Otto was released from prison, he sold everything to help get his brothers out. In April 1943, Otto and his brothers left from Lisbon, Portugal aboard the SS Serpa Pinto to the United States. They were sponsored by their uncle, Moritz Eidlitz, with whom they lived in Newark, New Jersey.
System of Arrangement
The Otto Eidlitz diaries papers are arranged as a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Jason Eidlitz donated his father's diaries to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
Funding Note
The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

 
Record last modified: 2023-02-24 13:44:21
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