Lea Schneider photograph collection

Identifier
irn520804
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.176
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn520804

Extent and Medium

folder

oversize folder

1

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Lea Schneider in 2005.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of six photographs: five photographs collected by Wolf Goldsztajn [donor's stepfather] depict Siegmund "Zisha" Breitbart, a Jewish strong man of the 1920's, and one photograph shows Jewish refugee youth in Munich, Germany, marching in an anti-British demonstration protesting Palestine policy in 1947. Zelig Gorszkiewicz [donor's father] is second from left in the first row.

People

  • Gorszkiewicz, Zelig.
  • Breitbart, Siegmund, 1883-1925.

Subjects

  • Jewish entertainers.
  • Demonstrations--Germany--Munich--1940-1950.
  • Strong men--1920-1930.
  • Refugees--Germany--Munich--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.