Peter Kauf collection

Identifier
irn36100
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.318.1
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

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

Genre

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