Krakauer family collection
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Malvine Sobin
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Malvine Sobin.
Scope and Content
Contains photographs related to the Krakauer family and their experiences during the Holocaust. Includes a family portrait showing (from left) Chaja Brajna (mother), Gisela, Chaim (father) and Malvine, taken in Vienna, Austria, c. 1932; a photograph of the Krakauer and Schwadron family, with Malvine in the front, c. 1935; a photograph of Malvine Krakauer and her best friend Anita Maibaum walking in the street in Brussels, Belgium with their Stars of David visible on the coats, dated June 1942; and a business card of Chaim Krakauer, who manufactured work clothes. In July 1942 Anita and another friend, Fritzi Rybak, were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau; Malvine went into hiding.
Subjects
- Brussels (Belgium)
Genre
- Business cards.
- Photographs.
- Document