Cyla Furcayg photograph collection

Identifier
irn516690
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.84
Dates
1 Jan 1916 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516690

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • David Furcayg

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Cyla and Mayer Furcayg donated the material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997. Mayer Furcayg was the brother of David Furcayg.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a photographic postcard of David Furcayg and his wife and children in Poland in 1938 and a copy print of the Furcayg family and their housekeeper in Poland in 1916 (Mayer Furcayg is in the high chair). Captions on the verso are in Yiddish and English. All of Mayer Furcayg's immediate family were deported to Treblinka death camp where they perished.

People

  • Furcayg family.
  • Furcayg, David.
  • Furcayg, Mayer.

Subjects

  • Jews--Poland.

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.