Lou Dunst Collection MS-0529
Processed by Bonnie M. Harris, 2008; Laurel Schwartz, 2012
Special Collections & University Archives
07/22/2015
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
askscua@sdsu.edu
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Lou Dunst Collection
Creator:
Dunst, Lou
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0529
Physical Description:
2.50 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1930-2014
Date (bulk): 1999-2014
Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Contents
The collection mainly consists of correspondence received from young audiences, who have heard Mr. Dunst speak about his Holocaust
experiences. There are also newspaper clippings, photos, videos and DVD's of interviews with Mr. Dunst, including a VHS tape
entitled "From the Ashes." Interviewer Judge Norbert Ehrenfreund and Lou Dunst, simulate the Nuremberg Trials as Mr. Dunst
describes his Holocaust experiences. The collection also includes a DVD of Lou Dunst's 80th Birthday and reunion with his
liberator as well as photos and DVD's regarding the March of the Living and his Holocaust experiences.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Source of Acquisition
Jewish Historical Society of San Diego (JHSSD)
Accruals and Additions
2015-025. The first part of the collection was originally donated by Mr. Dunst in July 2004 and consisted of one VHS tape
entitled "From the Ashes." Interviewer Judge Norbert Ehrenfreund and Lou Dunst, simulate the Nuremberg Trials as Mr. Dunst
describes his Holocaust experiences. Additional items were added October 2009, including correspondence from school students
in response to Lou Dunst's presentations about his Holocaust experiences and a DVD of Lou Dunst's 80th Birthday and reunion
with his liberator. In November, 2011, Mr. Dunst added correspondence, photos and DVD's regarding the March of the Living,
his speaking engagements, correspondence from school children and DVD's regarding his Holocaust experiences.
Custodial History
The materials in this collection were donated to the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego in 2004 by Lou Dunst (#2004.03
). It was transferred to the San Diego State Unversity Library on July 22, 2015.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, folder title, box number,
Lou Dunst Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
Biographical Note
Lou Dunst, a San Diego businessman, is a Holocaust survivor who was liberated at age nineteen along with his brother, Irving
from the Ebensee Concentration Camp in Austria. Mr. Dunst has made it his life's work to educate people, especially young
people, about the Holocaust. He uses his personal experiences, which include imprisonment in several concentration camps,
the loss of his parents and escaping death on a daily basis. Each year since 1998 he has accompanied Jewish students on the
March of the Living in Poland and Israel. He has told his story all over the world, as well as in Southern California. As
a guest speaker at schools from elementary to high school to university, from Jewish to secular to Christian, Mr. Dunst has
made a great impression on all those who have heard him speak. In 2014,
My bargain with God, The Story of Holocaust Survivor Lou Dunst, written by Rabbi Ben Kamin was published and in 2015 a film about Lou Dunst entitled,
I Had to Clean My Heart , A Survivor's Story by Robert Schnieder and Alberto Lau was released.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jews--California--San Diego
Holocaust survivors
Dunst, Lou--Archives
box 1, folder 1
Lou Dunst 80th Birthday Reunion with Liberator Folder 1
box 1, folder 2
Correspondence - Appreciation: Standley Jr. High, Gompers High School, Beth Israel Day School, Southwestern College Folder 2
1994-1998
box 1, folder 3
Correspondence - Appreciation: Beth Israel Day School, Stantana High School, Beth Am, Southwestern College Folder 3
1999, 2005, 2008
box 1, folder 4
Correspondence - Appreciation: Standley Junior High School Folder 4
1999
box 1, folder 5
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School Folder 5
1999
box 1, folder 6
Correspondence - Appreciation: school unknown Folder 6
1999
box 1, folder 7
Correspondence - Appreciation: school unknown Folder 7
1999
box 1, folder 8
Correspondence - Appreciation: school unknown Folder 8
1999
box 1, folder 9
Correspondence - Appreciation: Santana High School Folder 9
2000
box 1, folder 10
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School Folder 10
2000
box 1, folder 11
Correspondence - Appreciation: Valhalla High School, Digueño Middle School Folder 11
2000
box 1, folder 12
Correspondence - Appreciation: La Jolla Country Day, Digueño Middle School Folder 12
2000
box 1, folder 13
Correspondence - Appreciation: Standley Middle School Folder 13
2001
box 1, folder 14
Correspondence - Appreciation: St. John's School, Patrick Henry High School, Bishop's School Folder 14
1999, 2003
box 1, folder 15
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School Folder 15
2003
box 1, folder 16
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School, Encinitas Folder 16
2004
box 1, folder 17
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School, Encinitas Folder 17
2004
box 1, folder 18
Digueño Middle School Yearbook and Photo Album Folder 18
2004-2005
box 1, folder 19
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School, Encinitas Folder 19
2005
box 1, folder 20
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School, Penn Elementary Folder 20
2006
box 1, folder 21
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School, Encinitas Folder 21
2007
box 1, folder 22
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School, Encinitas, University City High School Folder 22
2007
box 1, folder 23
Correspondence - Appreciation: Patrick Henry High School, Digueño Middle School Folder 23
2008
box 1, folder 24
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School, Encinitas Folder 24
2008
box 1, folder 25
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School, Encinitas Folder 25
2008
box 1, folder 26
Correspondence - Appreciation: Umoja Umani Advocacy Program at Oak Park Elementary Folder 26
2009
box 1, folder 27
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School Folder 27
2009
box 1, folder 28
Correspondence - Appreciation: St. Augustine High School Folder 28
no date
box 1, folder 29
Correspondence - Appreciation: Miscellaneous Folder 29
2000
box 1, folder 30
Correspondence - Appreciation: St. Augustine High School Folder 30
2010
box 1, folder 31
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School, Encinitas Folder 31
2009-2010
box 1, folder 32
Correspondence - Appreciation: Lakeside Junior High Folder 32
2010
box 2, folder 1
Correspondence - Appreciation: Marian / Mater Dei Catholic High School Folder 1
2010
box 2, folder 2
Correspondence - Appreciation: Perkins School (K-8) Folder 2
2011
box 2, folder 3
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School, Encinitas Folder 3
2011
box 2, folder 4
El Camino High School Photo Album Folder 4
2009, 2011
box 2, folder 5
Correspondence - Appreciation: Our Lady of Peace Academy Folder 5
2010-2011
box 2, folder 6
Correspondence - Appreciation: Digueño Middle School, Encinitas Folder 6
2011
box 2, folder 7
Correspondence - Appreciation: Olympic View Elementary School Folder 7
2011
box 2, folder 8
Correspondence - Appreciation: Marian / Mater Dei Catholic High School Folder 8
2011
box 2, folder 9
Correspondence - Appreciation: Torrey Pines High School, West Hills High School, Miscellaneous Folder 9
2009
box 2, folder 10
Correspondence - Appreciation: Barrio Logan College Institute, University of San Diego Folder 10
2011
box 2, folder 11
Correspondence: Miscellaneous Organizations Folder 11
1995-2010
box 2, folder 12
Correspondence - Judicial / Legal Folder 12
2002-2006
box 2, folder 13
March of the Living Folder 13
2000-2006
box 2, folder 14
March of the Living: Photographs Folder 14
2004
box 2, folder 15
Articles about Lou Dunst Folder 15
1996-2010
box 2, folder 16
Autobiographical Interviews Folder 16
2003-2009
box 2, folder 17
Correspondence - Pre-WWII Folder 17
c. 1930s
box 2, folder 18
Correspondence - Appreciation:
From the Ashes (video)
Folder 18
box 2, folder 19
Correspondence - From Dunst Folder 19
1994-1995
box 2, folder 20
Photographs of Dachau Concentration Camp Folder 20
1945
box 2, folder 21
My Bargain with God, the Story of Holocaust Survivor Lou Dunst [Book]
Folder 21
2014
box 2, folder 22
DVDs and VHS tape Folder 22