Leibowitz family photographs

Identifier
irn519091
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.316
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1958
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519091

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Samuel Leibowitz.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs of the Leibowiitz family in pre-war and wartime Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania), and photographs of the family of Saul Leibowitz in the Foehrenwald displaced persons camp and in the United States. Includes a photograph of Saul Leibowitz and other survivors laying a wreath on a memorial on the one year anniversary of liberation and a photograph of the Leibowitz family after receiving their United States citizenship in 1958.

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.