Eric Erber collection

The collection contains the personal papers of Eric, Robert and Anna, in particular vital records and identity documents. Eric’s papers include the materials he collected in seeking compensation for a property owned by his mother’s family. Robert’s papers contain materials on his dismissal from the Viennese tram company because of the Nazi race laws and a letter from the foreign representatives of the Austrian socialists offering Robert support as a political refugee.

The collection also includes Robert’s correspondence with various institutions on the whereabouts of his brother Ernst, who escaped Vienna for Saratov in the early 1940s.