Leszner family collection

Identifier
irn185370
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.418.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn185370

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Liliane Markowitz

Saved by Margaret and Julius Leszner (donor's parents) during WWII. Donating the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Liliane Markowitz.

Scope and Content

Collection of French newspaper and magazine pages saved by Julius and Margaret Leszner (donor's parents) during WWII. Some of the pages include their daughter Liliane's birth announcement, a photograph of Margaret Leszner and other refugees from Luxembourg heading to France, an announcement searching for Margaret Leszner posted by her husband, along with other pages saved by the Leszners. Julius survived in hiding, while Margaret and Liliane survived posing as Catholics.

Subjects

  • France.
  • Luxembourg.

Genre

  • Document
  • Newspaper articles.
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