Sheva Vapne collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sheva Vapne
Sheva Vapne donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 2, 2008.
Scope and Content
Consists of documents and photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of the family of Sheva Latvinsky Vapne, originally of Riga, Latvia. Includes a copy of a pre-war photograph of the Latvinsky family and an English-language copy of a diary, written by Sheyna Gram (cousin of the Latvinskys) from June 22, 1941 until her death on August 8, 1941, entitled "The Anna Frank from the Latvian Little Town of Preili." Also includes copies of photographs showing a memorial in remembrance of the Jews of Preili and a print-out recording the deaths of Sheva's brothers, Leizer and Abram, who died fighting the Nazis.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Latvia.
Genre
- Document