» Schiller (Hugo) papers, 1942-2002

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, memoirs, and other papers of Hugo Schiller. Materials relate to Schiller’s rescue from the Gurs concentration camp in France by Alice Resch Synnestvedt, a Quaker volunteer from Norway his time at Aspet, the Quaker children’s home and his eventual escape from France to the United States. Correspondence includes letters from his parents and aunt while he was at Aspet, discussing their life in Gurs and advice for Schiller after his rescue.