Andrew Kapochunas collection

Identifier
irn502549
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.43
  • RG-10.217
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502549

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection from Andrew Kapochunas on February 27, 2001.

Scope and Content

Contains an air mail envelope written while Kaunas was under occupation; five original Vilna Ghetto arrest documents; and an original signed receipt for 18,837 Litai received from the American Joint Distribution Committee, Vilnius, intended for "the Jewish Section for War-Sufferers, Lithuanian Red Cross."

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Subjects

Genre

  • Receipts.
  • Envelopes.
  • Document
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