Moses and Ruth Rontal collection

Identifier
irn501020
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0911
Dates
1 Jan 1914 - 31 Dec 1995
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

oversize folder

4

1

2 tapes,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Ruth Rontal donated her late husband's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.

Scope and Content

Consists of scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, books, family tree information and clippings regarding the life and Holocaust experiences of Moses and Ruth Rontal. Moses, originally of Vilna, was the chief cantor in Radom prior to the war; he lost his wife and daughter in the Holocaust, survived several concentration camps, and met Ruth Gold, who also lost her husband and children in the Holocaust, in the Dachau concentration camp. They married in Stuttgart in April 1946 and arrived in the United States in May 1946, where Moses Rontal continued his work as a cantor. Includes photographs of immediate post-war life, documentation of their wedding and of Rontal's work as a cantor.

People

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.