Klein family photographs

Identifier
irn521708
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.143
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521708

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Roselle Abramowitz

Roselle Abramowitz donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jul. 25, 2001.

Scope and Content

Consists of 20 copyprints of the Klein family, originally of Berlin, Germany. Pre-war photographs include wedding photographs of Josef and Lotte Klein and of extended family members. Post-war photographs include photographs of Rosel, Ruth, and Eva Klein in various childrens' homes as well as of their emigration to Canada in 1948. The Klein family emigrated to Belgium in 1939, and the girls spent the war in various convents and childrens' homes. Lotte Klein died of natural causes in 1940, and Josef Klein perished in the Holocaust in 1942.

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.