Letter from Erich Heller to Janet Murrow, April 21, 1945

Digital Record

Identifier: ms0576-14-2-1-15-2

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Digital Object (text)

Dates

1945-04-21

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Originals

Series 2: Janet Brewster Murrow Papers ca. 1929-1999; Folder 15

Physical Description

Pen and ink on cream paper

Dimensions

13.97 cm x 18.03 cm

General Note

This is a letter from Erich Heller to Janet Murrow. He speaks of his brother, Dr. Paul Heller, who had met Edward Murrow, Janet's husband, at the Buchenwald concentration camp. Both Paul and Erich Heller were mentioned by Edward Murrow in the notes he took when visiting this concentration camp. Paul Heller was the doctor who showed Murrow the camp hospital. Murrow's public account of what he witnessed at Buchenwald, including the names of some of the prisoners, helped the two brothers find each other, as this letter shows.

Subjects

Prison physicians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Linked Records

Edward R. and Janet Brewster Murrow papers | Janet Brewster Murrow Papers, 1929 - 1999 | Correspondence, 1929-1994 | December 1941 to 1945, Dec. 1941-Dec. 1945 | January to May 1945, Jan. 1-May 31, 1945

Repository Details

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