Moses Adam papers

Identifier
irn61117
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.445.1
Dates
1 Jan 1926 - 31 Dec 1988
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rita Margolis

Rita Margolis donated her uncle's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs, documents, and restitution paperwork for Moses Adam (later Maury Adams), originally of Przemyśl, Poland. Mr. Adam spent the war in the Przemyśl ghetto, in the Płaszów, Starachowice, and Auschwitz concentration camps, and was sent on a forced march to Mauthausen, and was liberated from Ebensee. Includes pre-war photographs of the family, his metal identification tag from Ebensee, an X-ray of Mr. Adam's chest immediately after liberation, a post-war photograph, extensive restitution files related to his health, and a transcript of a 1985 oral history interview.

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