David and Lisa Eizenberg collection

Identifier
irn96135
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.298.1
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1953, 1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

3

Creator(s)

Biographical History

David Eizenberg was born in 1911 in eastern Poland (now Ukraine) and immigrated to the United States at age 11. During World War II, he trained at Camp Ritchie, and, in his role as a technical sergeant, set up communications for, among other events, the Potsdam Conference. After the war, he worked for the Joint Distribution Committee and HIAS in displaced persons camps and accompanied the children going to Palestine on the ship Champollion. While assisting displaced persons searching for relatives, he met Lisa Egler (b. May 19, 1924). She was half-Jewish and had been active in the Red Orchestra. The couple later married.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the family of David and Lisa Eizenberg

Nina Schuessler and Michael Eizenberg donated their parents' collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs and documents from the collection of David and Lisa Eizenberg. Includes photographs of David's work with the Joint Distribution Committee and HIAS in displaced persons camps near Berlin following World War II; of the voyage of the Champollion, which brought displaced persons--including a large group of children to Palestine in April 1946; pre-war family photographs; and some prints published by George Kadish of images from the Stroop Report. Also includes David Eizenberg's 1946 passport; copies of personal correspondence; and letter from the Jewish Agency noting that David Eisenberg [sic} will accompany the Champollion.

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This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.