Lentschner, Walter Samuel, 1906-1986.
German,
English,
Biographical notes:
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.
From the description of Walter Samuel Lentschner papers, 1923-1986. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 606939007
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Subjects:
- Concentration camps
- Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- )
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
Occupations:
- Concentration camp inmates
- Photographers
- Refugees
Places:
- France (as recorded)
