Kurt Gelles Collection
Published: 1912
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Jews; Persecutions; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Les Milles (Concentration camp); Jewish Participation; World War, 1939-1945; Austrian Jews; Emigration and immigration; Legal status, laws; History
Description: The collection contains a questionnaire filled out by Kurt Gelles 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 Austrian, German, and American passports for Kurt Gelles; German passport for Etelka Gelles; discharge certificate from Buchenwald concentration camp; programs from Lagertheater Les Milles; and photographs of the Gelles family.
Notes: Kurt Gelles 1998

Ann Gelles 2002

Kurt Gelles was born on July 24, 1907, in Vienna. He attended commercial school. In May 1938, he was arrested and interned in Dachau and Buchenwald. He was released in December 1938. In February 1939, he emigrated from Vienna to New York via Switzerland and France.

An inventory is available in the folder

Austrian Heritage Collection

4/1/2002, re

Processed for digitization 20130306 Sarah Glover

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