Ruth Shapiro Igdal collection

Identifier
irn514413
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.370
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Lithuanian
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514413

Extent and Medium

folders

2

1 CD-ROM,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Frieda Igdal donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at the Tribute to Survivors on Nov. 2, 2003.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of one yearbook entitled "Pictorial Review; Vaad Hatzala, Germany," 1948, which describes Vaad Hatzala's multi-faceted work with refugees (in English); one compendium book of the testimonies of Lithuanian survivors, collected in 2002 (340 pages, in LIthuanian); one CD-ROM containing 580 black and white photographs taken between 1920-2003 from the private collection of Ruth Shapiro Igdal. The CD-ROM, entitled "The World I Knew" also contains an index of the photographs (in English) and a history of the experiences of the Shapiro family before and during the Holocaust.

Corporate Bodies

  • Vaad Hatzala (New York, N.Y.)

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.