Photograph collection from Romania
Extent and Medium
oversize box
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities, Iași Section
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by the Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities, Iași Section.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of one framed photograph and one unframed black and white photograph. The unframed photograph depicts a Jewish family with the handwritten inscription on backing, "Tata mort pogrom" (Father died in pogrom). The framed photograph depicts two women who also appear in the first photograph. This collection was retrieved from the main synagogue of Iași, Romania.
Subjects
- Jews--Romania--Iași.
- Pogroms--Romania--Iași--History--20th century.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document