Leon Leserkiewicz photographs

Identifier
irn515042
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0449
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515042

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Leon (Leszek) Leserkiewicz donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Jul. 16, 1997. As the Museum was unable to locate the donor, the collection was accessioned as abandoned property on Mar. 13, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of a photoprint of the Leserkiewicz family, originally of Kraków, Poland, and photographs of post-war exhumations, taken by Anthony Simone, a member of the 8th Armored Division. Leon Leserkiewicz [donor] has listed the members of the Leserkiewicz family; only the donor and his brother Viktor survived the war.

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.