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RG–19.034 Greta Fischer Papers, 1945–1985
USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 248
These papers include letters, reports, name lists, photographs, a map, and memoranda
relating to the postwar experiences and observations of Greta (Fischerova) Fischer at the
Kloster-Indersdorf displaced children‘s center, a facility in the suburbs of Munich,
Germany, run by United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation (UNRRA) Team 182. Other
materials relate more generally to the work of the UNRRA and the plight of refugees and
displaced persons.
Provenance: Greta Fischer, a refugee from Czechoslovakia who spent the years of World
War II in London, collected the materials during her service as an UNRRA worker. A
few items were among Ms. Fischer‘s papers, which USHMM received from the donor,
Lilo Plaschkes.
Languages: English and Estonian
5 linear inches
NOTE: See also RG–19.041—Shoshannah Gallowski Fine Collection, for additional
records relating to Kloster-Indersdorf camp.
RG–19.036 Judah Nadich Collection, 1945
This collection contains a diary kept by Judah Nadich from August to November 1945; a
yellow star patch with the word ―Juif‖ in the center; and miscellaneous handwritten and
carbon copy correspondence, reports, and statistical charts relating to Jewish displaced
persons in postwar Germany and Austria.
Provenance: Rabbi Judah Nadich is the donor. He compiled the diary and collected the
other materials while serving as the Senior Jewish Chaplain at Supreme Headquarters,
Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), where he reported to General Eisenhower on the
conditions in the concentration camps and displaced persons camps.
Languages: English and French
0.5 linear inches (1 folder) and 1 diary (ca. 55 pages)
RG–19.038 Irving Heymont Papers Relating to Displaced Persons in Landsberg and
Other Camps, 1945–1946
This collection contains letters relating to conditions for displaced persons (DPs) at the
Landsberg and Leipheim DP camps. Also included is information about Irving
Heymont‘s work with members of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration, a report concerning the liberation of Hurlach concentration camp, a
booklet entitled ―The Seventy-First Came . . . to Gunskirchen Lager,‖ and two pages of
copyprints of post-liberation scenes at an unidentified camp.