Walter Samuel Lentschner papers, 1923-1986

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Arranged. Box 1: Correspondence & documents; Box 2: Backpack & contents used during his escape from France.

• Series I: Chronological Files
• Series II: Objects
• Series III: Additions

Description

Summary

Correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed materials documenting his displacement in Europe, his emigration to the United States, and the legal steps he took to obtain reparations from Germany.

• Series I: Chronological Files

  Correspondence & documents

• Series II: Objects

• Series III: Additions

  Gift of Eric Zafran, 2014. Accession number: 2015.2016.M105

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Walter Samuel Lentschner papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Eric and Enid Zafran, 2001.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Zafran, Eric & Enid. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/09/2001. Accession number--M-01-07-09.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Processed HR 01/22/2002.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form

Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Medical photographer who fled his native Germany when the Nazis took over in 1933. He moved to Paris and eventually was interned in Camp Le Vernet, near Marseilles. He came to the United States in 1941 with the help of Varian Fry and the Centre Americain de Secours in Marseilles.