Ephraim M. Robinson family collection

Identifier: irn512849
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512849

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Alice R. Lev, the daughter of Ephraim M. and Sarah G. Robinson.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a wardrobe trunk and photographs relating to the experiences of Ephraim M. Robinson and his family in Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany after World War II.

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Ephraim Mayer Robinson photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn510527
- English
- 1945-1948
- folders 2
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection consists of 237 photographs documenting the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp.
Upright, wardrobe-style trunk used by a Jewish family during their postwar emigration
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn511248
- English
- overall: Height: 48.375 inches (122.873 cm) | Width: 22.500 inches (57.15 cm) | Depth: 22.500 inches (57.15 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Domed, wardrobe-style trunk used by the Rubinzon (later Robinson) family for their voyage from Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany to the United States in October 1948. The family bought the trunk, and two others, secondhand just prior to their journey. Efraim Rubinzon, was in Warsaw, Poland, with his recently widowed mother and brother when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Later that fall, Efraim escaped from German soldiers and made his way to Soviet-controlled territory. He agreed to work in a coal mine in exchange for official travel papers to get his mother and brot...

Ephraim M. Robinson family collection

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Ephraim Mayer Robinson photographs

Upright, wardrobe-style trunk used by a Jewish family during their postwar emigration