Henry Hanski papers

Identifier
irn516531
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.80
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516531

Extent and Medium

oversize folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Henry Hanski

Henry Hanski donated the papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of two Signal Corps photographs of corpses at a concentration camp and twenty pages from a publication of camp and ghetto songs and poems.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Concentration camps--Songs and music.
  • Dead persons--1940-1950.
  • Crematoriums--1940-1950.
  • Jewish ghettos--Songs and music.

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.