us-005578-irn44329
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn44329/acquisitions/1
type: RecordSet
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1930-01-01
has record set type: Item
title: Hans Pfeiffer papers Nachlass Hans Pfeiffer (1910-1998)
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn44329/alternateIDs/1
biographical history: Hans Pfeiffer (July 20, 1910 – Dec.11, 1998), was born in Zürich, Switzerland. He was an insurance agent, inspector for the Eidgenössische Zentralstelle der Heime und Lager (Swiss Central Administration of Asylums and Camps). The co-founder of several youth organizations against the frontist movement and national-socialist infiltration in Switzerland; 1938 to 1939 involved with the Tatgemeinschaft der Schweizer Jugend (Action Community of Swiss Youth); 1942 the deputy head of the work camp for emigrants in Thalheim; June to Oct. 1942 the head of the camp for political refugees in Gordola; September to Nov. 1942 stationed in Les Ponts-de-Martel; Nov. 1942 to Jan. 1943 compulsory military service (“Aktivdienst”); Feb. 1943 to July 1944 head of the Russian-Yugoslav internment camp Andelfingen; beginning in Aug. 1944 regional inspector for the Tessin and other Swiss regions with approx. 250 staffers and responsibility for ca. 25 camps with 2,500 inhabitants; after May 1945 responsible for the care of Swiss returnees who were housed temporarily in former refugee asylums; 1947 to 1949 administrator for the return by the Swiss Government of rental properties to their private owners; 1949 to 1971 Secretary of the VPOD. Dies in 1998 in Zürich, Switzerland.
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1997-12-31
identifier: irn44329
scope and content: Contains records relating to Hans Pfeiffer’s activities on behalf of the Eidgenössische Zentralleitung der Heime und Lager (Swiss Central Administration of Asylums and Camps), 1942-1949. The collection includes a complete set of Pfeiffer’s weekly reports from July 1944 to August 1947 as a regional inspector of asylums and camps in Tessin and other Swiss regions. Also contains records pertaining to the Tatgemeinschaft der Schweizer Jugend (Action Community of Swiss Youth), 1938-1997; Zentralleitung der Arbeitslager (Central Administration of Work Camps), 1940-1949; the camp administration in Andelfingen, Gordola, Les Ponts-de-Martel, and Thalheim, 1942-1951; and biographical materials, 1987.
has or had some members with language: deu
archival history: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
conditions of use: Copyright Holder: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn44329/alternateIDs/2
record resource extent: 7,519 digital images, PDF (high resolution) 120 digital files, PDF