Boris Schachnes family collection

Identifier: irn42500
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 2010 by Ellen, Elise, and Boris Schachnes.

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs and documents relating to the Schachnes family in Berlin until 1938, in Warsaw between December 1938 and December 1939, Istanbul, Turkey and Palestine since March 1941. Three audio tapes: interview with Boris Uri Schachnes. Erna and Abram Schachnes joined their children Boris and Wladimir in Palestine c. 1942. Wladimir and Boris fought in the War of Independence in the Givati Brigade; Wladimir Zeev Schachnes was killed in action on May 13, 1948.

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Schachnes family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn43202
- English
- box 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Collection of photographs and documents relating to the Schachnes family in Berlin until 1938; in Warsaw between December 1938 and December 1939; and in Istanbul, Turkey and Palestine after March 1941. Erna and Abram Schachnes joined their children Boris and Wladimir in Palestine c. 1942. Wladimir and Boris fought in the War of Independence in the Givati Brigade; Wladimir Zeev Schachnes was killed in action on May 13, 1948.
Oral history interview with Boris Uri Schachnes
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn43203
- English
- 3 sound cassettes (90 min.),
- Updated 7 months ago

Boris Schachnes family collection

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Schachnes family papers

Oral history interview with Boris Uri Schachnes