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Collection |
Emeric Fischer Papers |
Object Name |
Collection |
Catalog Number |
RG-246 |
Dates of Creation |
1935-2009 |
Extent of Description |
0.2 linear feet (1 box) |
Admin/Biographical History |
Emeric Fischer was born in Romania in 1926 to Gisella and Julius Fischer, a rabbi. Julius warned his congregation to flee, and in 1939, the Fischer family fled Romania, settling in Nairobi, Kenya until immigrating to the United States in 1941. In May 1944, Emeric was drafted into the Army. After basic training at Fort McClellan, AL and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Emeric was transferred overseas. Attached to the 70th Infantry Division, he fought up the Rhine River, taking Saarbrucken, Germany. After the war, Emeric worked with the War Crimes branch supervising a group tasked with translating German documents. He was sent to the Russian zone in order to retrieve some documents, and though an enlisted man was given a 2nd Lieutenant's uniform in order to seem more authoritative. Emeric returned to the United States in November 1948. |
Copyrights |
No restrictions on use. |
Language of Material |
English and German |
Scope & Content |
The Emeric Fischer Papers focus primarily on his escape from Romania and his time serving in the United States Army. These papers include photographs and personal reminiscences. Folder 1 contains biographical material, including notes taken during an oral history conducted with Emeric in 2009. Folder 2 has several copies of photographs of Emeric in uniform while serving in the Army. Folder 3 holds copies of pages from a 1935 issue of Gemeindeblatt or "Community Leaf" in German along with translations. Folder 4 contains copies from the book Adolf Hitler: Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Fuhrers or "Pictures of the Fuhrer's Life" written in German with translations. Folder 5 holds four letters written in 1939 by the Jewish Colonization Society in response to Julius Fischer's request for information on getting his congregation out of Romania. |
Subjects |
Deva, Romania Nairobi, Kenya Fort McClellan, Alabama, United States Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, United States Marseilles, France Saarbrucken, Germany Wiesbaden, Germany United States. Army. United States. Army. 70th Infantry Division. War Crimes Branch International Jewish Colonisation Society |
Imagefile |
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Oral History |
Emeric Fischer |