Brecher, Henry H.

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Henry Heinz Brecher was born Heinz Brecher on August 29, 1932, in Graz. After the Anschluss, his parents sent him to live with relatives in Zagreb, where he stayed for three years. After these relatives emigrated, he subsequently stayed with several other families before arrangements were made to have him taken to Split, which was in the Italian-occupied part of Yugoslavia. Heinz lived in Split until the Italian capitulation and subsequent German occupation of this part of Yugoslavia. After a brief detention in Split in spring 1944, they made their way a displaced persons camp in Bari, Italy. They immigrated to the United States in August 1944.

From the guide to the Henry Heinz Brecher Collection, circa 2003, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives)

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associatedWith Benčić, Sidonie 1898-1941 person
associatedWith Brecher, Ernst 1895-1942 person
associatedWith Brecher, Klara 1906-1942 person
associatedWith Brecher, Max 1864-1932 person
associatedWith Brecher, Norbert 1897-1941 person
associatedWith Brecher, Oscar 1906-1990 person
associatedWith Brecher, Richard 1904-1969 person
associatedWith Brecher, Rudolfine 1871-1942 person
associatedWith Jasenovac (Concentration camp) corporateBody
associatedWith Rendi, Simon 1864-1952 person
associatedWith Taussig, Gisela person
associatedWith Taussig, Richard person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Graz (Austria)
Zagreb (Croatia)
Austria
Bari (Italy)
Split (Croatia)
Timișoara (Romania)
Yugoslavia
Sobotište (Slovakia)
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Jews
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Birth 1932

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