Lewitzky family photographs

Identifier
irn514775
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.366
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514775

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Gary Lewitzky donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 1997.

Scope and Content

Consists of 25 mainly wartime photographs taken of the Lewitzky family: Sigi and Jetti Lewitzky and their children Inge and Gerhard. The family emigrated from Vienna, Austria to Degersheim, Switzerland in 1938 and remained there throughout the war. Sigi was sent to a labor camp from 1940-1945, but was reunited with his family after the war; collection includes photographs of the family in Switzerland as well as photographs of Sigi Lewitzky and his forced labor group.

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.