Irene Horn papers

Identifier
irn517172
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.48
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517172

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Irene Horn

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irene Horn

Irene Horn donated the papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.

Scope and Content

The papers document the experiences of Irene Horn (born Irena Szachter), originally of Bodzentyn, Poland, and her family immediately following WWII. The collection includes a composition book used by "Szachter Ira" containing notes on dentistry, a membership card issued by the Society of Jewish Sport Organisations and Center for Phisical Education of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Occupied Zone of Germany for Abram Hirshenhorn, Irene's husband, in 1946, and twenty-nine family photographs

People

  • Szachter, Ira.
  • Hirshenhorn, Abram.
  • Horn, Irene.

Subjects

  • Occupational training.
  • Refugees--1940-1950.
  • Refugee camps--1940-1950.

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.