Sam Kiss collection

Identifier
irn502551
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.306
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502551

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Sam Kiss (formerly Israel Kisnitzer) donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on17 Apr. 2001.

Scope and Content

Contains photographs from the collection of Israel Kisnitzer (now known as Sam Kiss). Two of the photographs depict persons hanging from gallows; in one of the photographs a sign is shown describing the persons as German soldiers. Another photograph shows a close-up of piles of corpses near a train track. Mr Kisnitzer acquired these photographs after the war; the locations shown in the photographs is unknown.

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.