Henry Himmelfarb collection

Identifier: irn43013
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43013

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Henry Himmelfarb.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a prisoner badge and copy and photographic prints relating to the experiences of Chaim (Henry) Himmelfarb before and after the war in Germany and as a concentration camp inmate in Germany during the Holocaust.

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Red triangle badge with the letter P worn by a concentration camp inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47907
- English
- overall: Height: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Prisoner badge worn by Chaim Himmelfarb when he was imprisoned in a concentration camp. The inverted red triangle is marked P 14991, his prisoner number. He removed it from his concentration camp uniform the day he was liberated by the U.S. Army, April 23, 1945.
Henry Himmelfarb photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47909
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Collection of copy prints, including pre- and post-war images of the Himmelfarb family and a portrait of Chaim Himmelfarb taken following liberation; and a photographic print portrait of donor’s cousin Irving who found Chaim in Frankfurt, Germany in 1945.

Henry Himmelfarb collection

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Red triangle badge with the letter P worn by a concentration camp inmate

Henry Himmelfarb photographs