Sonia Beker collection

Identifier: irn35932
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35932

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Sonia Beker, the daughter of Fania Durmashkin Beker.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of three broadsides relating to the experiences of Fania and Henia Durmashkin as members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra in Germany after the Holocaust during which the sisters had been interned in several concentration and labor camps.

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Text only yellow poster for a performance by members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44133
- English
- overall: Height: 32.875 inches (83.503 cm) | Width: 23.000 inches (58.42 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Broadside preserved by Fania Durmashkin advertising a concert and dance performance by members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra, also known as the ex-concentration camp orchestra, or orchestra of survivors, formed at the St. Ottilien DP camp in Germany. From 1945-1948, they performed Yiddish and Hebrew music and classical works to audiences throughout wartorn cities in the US and British occupied zones. Fania, a pianist, and Henia, a folk and opera singer, members of the orchestra, were the only survivors of a wellknown musical family from Vilna, Poland (Vilnius, Lithuania).T...
Evening of Dance Text only red poster for a dance and concert performance by members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44134
- English
- overall: Height: 33.875 inches (86.043 cm) | Width: 23.875 inches (60.643 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Broadside preserved by Fania Durmashkin announcing a dance and concert performance featuring Wenery (Venus) Henny Durmashkin and members of the St. Ottilien ex-concentration camp orchestra in the American occupation zone in Germany. It is to take place at the City Theatre on Sunday, November 16, 1947, at 7:00. The St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra, also known as the orchestra of survivors, formed at the DP camp in 1945, and performed Yiddish and Hebrew music and classical works in wartorn cities in the US and British occupied zones throguh 1948/9. Fania, a pianist, and her sister Hen...
Text only poster for a performance by St. Ottilien DP orchestra
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44135
- English
- overall: Height: 24.500 inches (62.23 cm) | Width: 30.375 inches (77.153 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Broadside preserved by Fania Durmashkin advertising a performance by the Venus (Wenery) Durmaszkin (Henny) and a student ballet and folk dance ensemble in the American zone of occupation in postwar Germany. It was to be held on June 16, 1949, at 7:30 pm in the Mining House. Members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra, also known as the ex-concentration camp orchestra, or orchestra of survivors, were also on the program. From 1945-1948, this group performed Yiddish and Hebrew music and classical works in wartorn cities in the US and British zones. Henia, a folk and opera singer, ...

Sonia Beker collection

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Text only yellow poster for a performance by members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra

Evening of Dance Text only red poster for a dance and concert performance by members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra

Text only poster for a performance by St. Ottilien DP orchestra