Israel Lichtenstein collection

Identifier: irn521989
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521989

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Israel Lichtenstein.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a handmade greeting card and photographs documenting the experiences of Menachem Mendel Lichtenstein, his wife Shifra, and son, Israel, in France during the Holocaust when Menachem was interned in Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp and Israel lived in the Masgelier's children's home.

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Lichtenstein family photograph collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522683
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The collections consists of seven photographs documenting the experiences of Israel Lichtenstein and his family in the Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp and at the Masgelier children's home in France during the Holocaust.
Postcard with New Year's wishes and a drawing of a barracks sent from Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522684
- English
- overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Postcard sent by Menachem Mendel Lichtenstein to his family wishing BONNE ANNÉE 1942 [Happy New Year] with a drawing of his barracks at the Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp in France. Menachem was imprisoned there from 1941-1942. When France declared war on Germany in 1939, Menachem volunteered for the French Army. Demobilized when France surrendered in May 1940, he returned to Paris, where he was arrested on May 14, 1941. He was sent to Beaune-la-Rolande, then to Auschwitz death camp on June 27, 1942, where he was killed. His 10 year old son, Israel, was sheltered through the early war ye...

Israel Lichtenstein collection

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Lichtenstein family photograph collection

Postcard with New Year's wishes and a drawing of a barracks sent from Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp