Peter Kauf collection
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Kauf
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Peter Kauf.
Scope and Content
Contains thirty-eight original photographs of the Kauf family before the war in Berlin, during the war in Belgium, and after liberation. Peter Kauf survived the Holocaust in hiding; his older brother was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and murdered upon arrival; his parents were hiding most of the time, but at the end of the war, they were arrested and imprisoned in a transit camp in Belgium.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Peter Kauf
Subjects
- Belgium.
- Berlin (Germany).
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document