"Israel Meyer and Mollie Lesin: From Birth in Lithuania to a New Life in America"

Identifier
irn518477
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.356
Dates
1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518477

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Dr. Benjamin Lesin donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Sept. 8, 2006.

Scope and Content

Consists of one book containing a printed copy of a PowerPoint presentation prepared by Dr. Benjamin Lesin entitled "Israel Meyer and Mollie Lesin: From Birth in Lithuania to a New Life in America." The presentation contains family history, photographs, and documents regarding the family of Rabbi Israel Meyer Lesin and his wife, Malke (Mollie) Glatt Lesin, originally of Naumiestis, Lithuania. Rabbi Lesin and Malke Glatt left Lithuania in 1939 and traveled to Switzerland, where they married and Rabbi Lesin worked at a yeshiva as they tried to obtain visas to emigrate to the United States. Finally, in 1941, the Lesins received their visas and left Europe from Barcelona, arriving in New York in July 1941.

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.