The brochure was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Stephen K. Yasinow, the son of J. Benjamin and Rose Kaplan Yasinow and the nephew of Alexander Wurtz.
Brochure with the English title on each fold: Grand Hotel Lago / S. Cristoforo m.500 - Trentino. It has pictures of lakeside scenes, the hotel, vacationers, and a map to the lake. One page of the brochure includes a typed description of the hotel in 4 languages. 8 panel French fold brochure ; 8.500 x 19.000 in. unfolded.
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Brochure for the Grand Hotel Lago in Italy presumably brought back from the war by Alexander Wurtz, a Jewish soldier in the US Army, 351st Infantry Regiment. On January 22, 1944, Alexander was drafted into the United States Army and entered active service on February 12. He joined the 351st Infantry Regiment and fought in the Italian campaign until the war ended in May 1945. He and his unit were then assigned to peace keeping duties in northern Italy. Alex was discharged from the Army on February 8, 1946 and returned to Philadelphia.
Hotel brochure acquired by a US soldier