Mandel family collection

Identifier: irn41442
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 and 2019 by Emanuel (Manny) Mandel.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of documents, photographs, and artifacts illustrating the experiences of Yehuda and Ella Mandel and their son Emanuel [Manny]. Collection documents their lives in Riga, Latvia where Manny was born in 1936, and their move to Hungary, where Yehuda was Chief Cantor of the Rombach Street Synagoge in Budapest until 1944, their flight from Budapest on a transport of 1600 Jewish Hungarians [arranged by Rudolph Kastner and the Aid and Rescue Committee] to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and general materials illustrating Yehuda's post-war Cantorial career in the United States. Documents illustrating the experiences of Ilona Krieshaber (donor's aunt). Includes sound recordings.

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Commemorative plaque given to Cantor Yehudah L. Mandel
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn713449
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Commemorative plaque given to the donor's father, Cantor Yehudah L. Mandel by the Congregation Beth Judah of Logan on the occasion of his 20th year as cantor. The plaque is inscribed with the dates1949-1969. Yehuda was Chief Cantor of the Rombach Street Synagoge in Budapest until 1944.
Yehuda Mandel sound recordings
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn714630
- English
- 1981-1989
- Updated 7 months ago
Five cassettes including sound recordings by Yehudah Mandel. Mr. Mandel was Chief Cantor of the Rombach Street Synagogue in Budapest until 1944 and continued his Cantorial career in the United States after the war. Recordings include: 1. Mekor Ha-Hazzanut (Yehuda Mandel) January 25, 1983 2. Cantors in Miami February 28, 1988 3. Hymnon Oley Spezia performed by composer Hazan Yehudah Mandel. 4. C.A. Region Phila Rehearsal January 25, 1981 5. Concert at Oxford Circ. on April 9, 1989

Mandel family collection

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Commemorative plaque given to Cantor Yehudah L. Mandel

Yehuda Mandel sound recordings