Henry Alter papers
Henry Alter (1918-1999), was born Heinrich Andreas Karl Alter in Vienna, Austria, on June 14, 1918 to Heinrich Alter (1879-1935) and Karoline Genschik Alter (1883-1963). He had one younger brother, Karl (b. 1920, later Charles Alter). Henry’s father was born Jewish and converted to Catholicism before marrying Karoline. The family spent several years in Volosca-Abbazia, Italy after World War I, where ...



