Markon family photograph collection

Identifier
irn59154
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.500.1
Dates
1 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • Yiddish
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn59154

Extent and Medium

folder

oversize box

1

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Genya Markon

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Genya Markon.

Scope and Content

Collection of pre-war and wartime photographs of Alexander and Raya Magid Markon (donor's parents) and their son Alain (donor's brother) who was born in Toulouse in 1941. Included in the collection are photos of Alexander in the French Army, Raya in Wilno (Vilnius), Alexander in France before the war, and Alain in Toulouse in 1941; and one photo of Alexander and Raya in Marseille in September 1942 prior to their departure for the United States. Also includes a photo of Katia Magid and Fanya Schuster (donor's aunts) in Cuba, where they went to wait for their visas to enter the United States, which took three years to obtain. Their first cousin Lilian Epstein is in the photo, having come to Cuba to visit them. Also includes a letter from Paris dated April 15, 1945 and envelope.

Subjects

  • Cuba--Emigration and immigration.
  • France.

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.

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