Letter Regarding a Jew's Tailor Shop, Which Was Seized and Given to a German

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.370

Object Name

Letter

Date

6-28-1938

Files

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Description

Letter on Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National-socialist German Workers' Party letterhead. Includes typewritten message regarding Franz Hirsch.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: One of two letters regarding a Jew's tailor shop (2012.1.369, 2012.1.370). This letter is a T.L.S. by a district leader of Vienna on NSDAP district group letterhead, June 28, 1938, sent to Joseph Burckel (and initaled by him in pencil at the bottom). It advises: "... Franz Hirsch... Was informed to look for a suitable Jew's store and that we will support him in transfer and the Aryanization of the business..." On April 19, 1938 Austria had officially become part of the German Reich: Presumably Mr. Hirsch got his store.

Dimensions

11 3/4 x 8 1/4"

Keywords

tailor shop, Stamp, Vienna, Franz Hirsch, Joseph Burckel

Subcollection

Aryanization

Recommended Citation

"Letter Regarding a Jew's Tailor Shop, Which Was Seized and Given to a German" (1938). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.370.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1058