Joel Kaye collection

Identifier: irn513653
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513653

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Joel Kaye, the son of Cecile Krakower, and Aron (Armand) Krakower.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs as well as two letters received by Joseph Krakower and Cecile Krakower from Aron (Armand) Krakower who was interned in Pithiviers internment camp in France. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Joel Kaye papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513641
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Consists of three black and white photographs with inscriptions written in ink: vintage portrait image of a family in Szcezekociny, Poland, dated 1933, the couple at the center is Cecile and Aron Krakower (donor's parents); a copy of a vintage image of Cecile and Aron Krakower walking along a path, dated circa 1930, Poland; and a vintage portrait of Sara Jastremsky, donor's maternal grandmother, dated circa pre-1933, Bedzin, Poland.
Aron Krakower letters
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513692
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Two letters received by Joseph Krakower [donor] and Cecile Krakower [donor's mother] from Aron (Armand) Krakower [donor's father] who was interned in Pithiviers internment camp in France; dated May 16, 1942 and June 24, 1942.
Woodcut
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513694
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
The woodcut was received by Joseph Krakower and Cecile Krakower from Aron (Armand) Krakower who was interned in Pithiviers internment camp in France.

Joel Kaye collection

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Joel Kaye papers

Aron Krakower letters

Woodcut