Kurt Kelman Collection
Published: 1938
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; History; Jews; Persecutions; Austrian Jews
Description: The collection contains a questionnaire filled out by Kurt Kelman regarding his life in Austria before World War II, emigration from Austria to the United States, and life in the United States. Also included are documents pertaining to his arrest and expulsion from Switzerland; photograph of Kurt Kelman and Gusti Dressler at the Augarten in Vienna in front of a sign reading "Juden verboten;" and obituary and photograph of Emmerich Rath, a fried of Kurt Kelman, as well as 30 letters that Rath wrote to Kelman between 1987 and 1997.
Notes: Items in the collection are low-quality photocopies, and legibility is not optimal.

Kurt Kelman 21 Stoner Ave, Great Neck, NY 11021 2001

Kurt Kelman was on March 24, 1919, in Vienna. He left Vienna in August 1938 and reached the United States in August 1939 via Switzerland, France, and England. He died on September 25, 2008.

An inventory is available in the folder

Austrian Heritage Collection

5/8/2002 vv

Processed for digitization 20130307 Sarah Glover

Sent for digitization 20130320 Chris Bentley Collection sent to Internet Archive NJ and closed to researchers