George Harry Asher Collection 1907-1996

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George Harry Asher Collection 1907-1996

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The collection holds the professional and private documents of GeorgeHarry Asher. The emphasis is on correspondence, writings and official papers. Advertising proofs reflect Asher's work and career. Prominentamong the material is an autobiographical sketch and correspondence between Asher and his mother, shortly before her deportation in 1941. Thecollection also holds material, such as correspondence, manuscripts and articles about Oskar Maria Graf, a close friend to Asher.

1 linear foot + 2 oversized folders

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Leo Baeck Institute.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6345812

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Graf, Oskar Maria, 1894-1967

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d51cdk (person)

Asher, Esther Lea, 1907-1992

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Asher, George Harry, 1907-1998

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q10j60 (person)

George Harry Asher (Georg Harry Ascher) was born on November 18, 1907 in Vienna. After studying advertisement and graphic design in Prague, he stayed in Czechoslovakia working in advertising and as a commercial traveler. When the Germans marched into Prague, he found asylum in the French Embassy and, after having been arrested and released by the Gestapo, he fled to France, where he was interred in several French camps. The writer Oskar Maria Graf put Ascher's name on a list of a visa program fo...