Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1942 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 file
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Little is known about the author save for that which is contained in the letter itself, namely that Emmerich Menzner was a rank and file member of an SS cavalry regiment in an unidentified part of Poland in 1942, and that he hailed from Litzmannstadt (Lodz).
Repository
Archival history
GB 1556 WL 703 1942 collection 1 file Menzner , Emmerich , fl 1939-1942 , SS cavalryman
Little is known about the author save for that which is contained in the letter itself, namely that Emmerich Menzner was a rank and file member of an SS cavalry regiment in an unidentified part of Poland in 1942, and that he hailed from Litzmannstadt (Lodz).
Jewish Central Information Office
Letter from SS Oberreiter Emmerich Menzner to his friends back home, describing life in the regiment and in particular making reference to an apparent war crime which his unit carried out, 1942.
N/A
Open
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
German- Sütterlin script
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
November 2007 Wars (events) Eastern Europe Humanitarian law Lodz Menzner , Emmerich , fl 1939-1942 , SS cavalryman Nazism Occupied territories Poland Political doctrines SS x Schutzstaffel Totalitarianism War crimes World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Jewish Central Information Office
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from SS Oberreiter Emmerich Menzner to his friends back home, describing life in the regiment and in particular making reference to an apparent war crime which his unit carried out, 1942.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
N/A
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
German- Sütterlin script
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English