Identity area
Reference code
IE DCUA C1/13
Title
Metal case container
Date(s)
- [?1942-1945] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 metal case
Context area
Name of creator
(1888-1959)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fearing that the Germans would invade Switzerland during the Second World War, Lester buried his diaries in this metal case next to a bench in the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This is likely why the diary entries stop in 1942.