Maurice Levitt collection
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Karen Melkonian
Karen Melkonian donated her great uncle's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018.
Scope and Content
Consists of a notebook and handwritten loose notebook pages written by Maurice Levitt, along with photographs taken at displaced persons camp. Levitt, a member of the United States military, worked for the Frankfurt Jewish GI Council, an organization of Jewish soldiers seeking to provide supplies and cultural activities for displaced persons. The handwritten pages document his experiences in 1946 and 1947, while the photographs show aid workers and displaced persons at the Babenhausen and Lindenfels DP camps, among others.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Karen Melkonian
Corporate Bodies
- Lindenfels (Displaced Persons camp)
- Babenhausen (Displaced Persons camp)
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Photographs.
- Document