Dr. Leon Ginsburg collection
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leon Ginsburg
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leon Ginsburg
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Suzanne Ginsburg on behalf of her late father Dr. Leon Ginsburg.
Scope and Content
Collection of photographs and a telegram depicting life in the Foehrenwald Displaced Persons camp and at an ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) school in Germany; dated 1945-1948. Also contains pre-war photographs, bearing English inscriptions, documenting Kalman and Pesia Ginsburg (donor’s parents) and their children Leon and Blume Ginsburg, with friends and school groups in Maciejów, Poland, along with a wartime photo of Leon; dated circa 1925-1944.
Corporate Bodies
- Föhrenwald (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- Maciejów (Lublin, Poland)
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.