Kurt Horwitz Papers, 1933-1946 | Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

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Title: Kurt Horwitz Papers, 1933-1946

Predominant Dates:1933 -- 1939

ID: RG-54/RG-54

Primary Creator: Kurt Horowitz (1933 -- 1946)

Other Creators: Abraham Horwitz (1940 -- 1946)

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Subjects: Amsterdam (Netherlands), anti-Jewish measures and legislations, the Netherlands, Bergen-Belsen (Germany: Concentration Camp), Bithoven (Utrecht, Netherlands), Collaboration of Jewish Administration in the Holocaust, Collaboration of the Jood Vaad (the Jewish Council) in the Holocaust in the Netherlands, Concentration camps, German, correspondence to and from concentration camps, Czechoslovakia (1939 -- 1945), Dachau (Concentration camp), Deportation of Jews from Amsterdam to Westerbork transit camp, Deportations from the Westerbork transit camp to the German concentration camps in Poland, Deportations from the Westerbork transit camp to the Theresienstadt ghetto, Deportation to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from Westerbork transit camp, Documents in German language, German invasion of the Netherlands, May 1940, Germany (1933 -- 1939), Germany (1939--1945), Identification documents, German issued, 1933 -- 1945, Impression of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Impression of the Theresienstadt ghetto, Jewish administration of the Westerbork Transit Camp, Jewish Food Administration of the Theresienstadt Ghetto, Jews in Amsterdam under the Nazi-German regime, 1940 -- 1945, Jood Vaad, the Jewish Council of the Netherlands, Literary forms narrated by the Jewish prisoners of Bergen-Belsen, Literary forms narrated in the concentration camps, Living conditions in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Living conditions in the Theresienstadt ghetto, Narratives in German language, Nazi-German deception, Nazi anti-Jewish measures, actions and legislations, Normal conditions of living in the Westerbork Transit Camp, Poetry, narrated in the concentration camps, Poetry narrated in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, The Hague (Netherlands), The Netherlands (1940--1945), Westerbork (Netherlands: Transit Camp)

Forms of Material: Personal memoirs and recollections

Languages: German, English

Abstract

The Collection of Abraham Horwitz and Kurt Horwitz comprises personal memoir of Abraham Horwitz and a number of Nazi-German official documents, 1933 -- 1946 related to Kurt Horwitz

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This Collection reflects on the anti-Jewish measures in Germany in 1933 -- 1939

Collection Historical Note

Document relates to Kurt Horwitz personal experience in Nazi Germany, 1933 -- 1939, the Netheralnds in1942 -1945 and in the Nazi-German occupied and controlled territories of Europe in 1939 -- 1945

Subject/Index Terms

Amsterdam (Netherlands)
anti-Jewish measures and legislations, the Netherlands
Bergen-Belsen (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Bithoven (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Collaboration of Jewish Administration in the Holocaust
Collaboration of the Jood Vaad (the Jewish Council) in the Holocaust in the Netherlands
Concentration camps, German
correspondence to and from concentration camps
Czechoslovakia (1939 -- 1945)
Dachau (Concentration camp)
Deportation of Jews from Amsterdam to Westerbork transit camp
Deportations from the Westerbork transit camp to the German concentration camps in Poland
Deportations from the Westerbork transit camp to the Theresienstadt ghetto
Deportation to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from Westerbork transit camp
Documents in German language
German invasion of the Netherlands, May 1940
Germany (1933 -- 1939)
Germany (1939--1945)
Identification documents, German issued, 1933 -- 1945
Impression of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Impression of the Theresienstadt ghetto
Jewish administration of the Westerbork Transit Camp
Jewish Food Administration of the Theresienstadt Ghetto
Jews in Amsterdam under the Nazi-German regime, 1940 -- 1945
Jood Vaad, the Jewish Council of the Netherlands
Literary forms narrated by the Jewish prisoners of Bergen-Belsen
Literary forms narrated in the concentration camps
Living conditions in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Living conditions in the Theresienstadt ghetto
Narratives in German language
Nazi-German deception
Nazi anti-Jewish measures, actions and legislations
Normal conditions of living in the Westerbork Transit Camp
Poetry, narrated in the concentration camps
Poetry narrated in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
The Hague (Netherlands)
The Netherlands (1940--1945)
Westerbork (Netherlands: Transit Camp)

Box and Folder Listing

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-54.05, Abraham Horwitz, Memoir, 5, 1942 -- 1945

Personal memoir and recollections, 1942 -- 1945, Abraham Horwitz

Subject/Index Terms:: Personal memoirs and recollections; Personal memoirs and recollections, Abraham Horwitz; Abraham Horwitz, prisoner of Westerbork, Bergen-Belsen and the Theresienstadt; Living conditions in the Theresienstadt ghetto; The role of protection, connections and money in the survival in the Holocaust; The system of protection in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1942 -- 1945; Social and cultural life in the Theresienstadt ghetto; Abraham Horwitz and his wife, personal accommodations in the Theresienstadt ghetto; Nazi-German deception; Nazi German deception with regard to the Theresienstadt ghetto; Nazi propagandisitc and deceptive film about the Theresienstadt ghetto; Categories of ghetto inhabitants; Categories of ghetto inhabitants, Theresienstadt ghetto; Inequality in the ghettos; Inequality in the ghettos, Theresienstadt ghetto; Work assignments in the ghettos; Work assignments in the ghettos, Theresienstadt ghetto; Means of adaptation and survival in the ghettos; survival tactics; Survival tactics, Theresienstadt ghetto; Narratives in German language; Czechoslovakia (1939 -- 1945); Documents in German language

Creators:: Abraham Horwitz (1940 -- 1946)