Mendel Awerbuch papers

Identifier
irn43598
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.423.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43598

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Neil Auerbach

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Mr. Neil Auerbach, son of Martin Auerbach.

Scope and Content

Consists of two identification documents for Mendel Awerbuch (also spelled Averbuch), one from the Polish Consulate in Brussels confirming his Polish citizenship, and the other from the town of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, permitting Awerbuch to stay in that town and confirming he had formerly been a prisoner at Buchenwald, both documents dated 1945. Includes four photographs of men and women, including Awerbuch, on a street in post-war Belgium; some wearing old concentration camp uniforms. Also includes passport-sized photos of a different man, with addresses in Paris and in Israel.

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors--Belgium.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.