Hana Kovanic photographs

Identifier
irn514396
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.416.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514396

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Hana Kovanic

Biographical History

Hana Kovanic was born in Velká nad Velickou in Moravia, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) on May 17, 1936, to Josef and Josefka Dubovy. In 1941 Hana, her parents, and two brothers were sent to Sered labor camp in Slovakia where they worked until September 1944 when a Slovak uprising liberated the camp. The family hid on a farm for a short period and then attempted to return to Josef's hometown, but they were arrested in December 1944. Hana's father and older brother were deported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany, and Hana, her mother, and younger brother were sent to Theresienstadt (Terezin) where they were liberated in May 1945

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Hana Kovanic.

Scope and Content

The 67 photographs depict the Kohn family, the maternal relatives of Hanna Kovanic, who were from Velká nad Velickou in Moravia, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). Most of the relatives depicted in the photographs perished in Auschwitz in 1943 and 1944.

People

  • Kohn family.

Subjects

  • Jews--Czechoslovakia.
  • Jewish families--Czechoslovakia.

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.