Paul Hirschfeld collection

Collection of eight photographic postcards documenting the reburial of Holocaust victims and forced confrontation by local residents; inscribed "Naila, Nov. 1945" in black ink on verso; some also stamped as enlargements by photographer. The postcards were brought back to the United States after the war by Paul Hirschfeld (donor's father), who had fled Vienna in June 1938 and returned to Europe as a member of the US Army and OSS investigator. Paul Hirschfeld, Gloria Jacoby's father, fled Vienna, Austria in June 1938 for the United States. He was drafted into the United States Army during World War II and served overseas in Europe as an OSS investigator, bringing these postcards home with him after his service.