Morris Katz collection

Identifier
irn43795
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.447.9
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1962
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43795

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center

Chuck Ehrenberg donated his uncle's collection to the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center in 2006. The collection was transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum upon the closure of the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center in Springfield, MA, in September 2010.

Scope and Content

Consists of documents, photographs, photocopies, and photographic negatives from the collection of Morris Katz, who was a medic in the United States Army during World War II. Includes photographs of France and Germany during and after the war, as well as photographs taken at the liberation of Buchenwald along with a notepad of handwritten captions. Includes documents from his military career and photographs of his family, which he carried with him in Europe.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

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.

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