"A Family Portrait: A Jewish Family of Yannina, Greece before World War II"

Identifier
irn36381
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.254.1
Dates
1 Jan 1990 - 31 Dec 2008
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36381

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ninetta Feldman

Ninetta Feldman donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Sept. 22, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of one folder containing an essay, entitled "A Family Portrait: A Jewish Family of Yannina, Greece before World War II" by Ninetta Matsa Feldman, based on an oral history interview with her paternal aunt, Rebecca Matsa Gani, which was conducted in August 1999. This essay, which includes family photographs, describes the members of the Matsas family and life in pre-war Yannina, and Jewish life in the town. Rebecca Gani moved to Egypt, and she, her brother Leon (father of Ninetta), and her brother Michael were the only members of the immediate family to survive the Holocaust.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ninetta Matsa Feldman

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Greece--Iōannina--Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Document
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