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Manes, Eva: Letter from a friend (1957)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1536

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Manes, Eva: Letter from a friend (1957)

Date(s): 1957

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Eva Manes was the daughter of Philip Manes, a German Jewish fur-trader, who was transported to Theresienstadt, then Auschwitz where he perished with his wife. See GB 1556 WL 1346 for more background information on the family.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Eva Manes, 1957, comprise a typscript letter addressed to Eva Manes from an unidentified friend of the family describing what happened to Eva's parents and other friends and acquaintances after her departure from Berlin before the war. The author also describes his own experiences after the war in Berlin.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

Arranged in original order.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Finding aids:

Additional finding aids can be located within the Wiener Library reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Eva Manes.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

WL 1346.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Concentration camps | War crimes | Humanitarian law
German history | European history | National history
Holocaust | Genocide | War crimes | Humanitarian law
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names
Manes | Eva | [1905-1995]

Corporate names

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