Meir Baum and Issachar Ilan collection

Identifier: irn522824
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522824

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Issachar Ilan, the brother of Meir Baum.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a drawing and documents relating to the experiences of Issachar Ilan and his brother, Meir Baum, during and after the Holocaust.

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Issachar Ilan papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517346
- English
- 1944-1945
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of 18 documents relating to the experiences of Issachar Ilan's family who lived in Switzerland as refugees during World War II.
Drawing of Chateau Montintin OSE orphanage during World War II
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517347
- English
- 1942-1943
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Drawing created by 15-year-old Otto (Meir) Baum depicitng the Chateau Montintin, a home for refugee children where Otto and his 16-year-old brother, Bernhard (Issachar Ilan), were placed in early 1943. Montinin was run by the Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE), [Children’s Aid Society], which was able to get the boys released from Les Milles internment camp in France because they were not yet 16. The Baum family, Erna and Leo, and their 2 sons, had been imprisoned because they were Jewish refugees from Germany. Before OSE would take custody of the boys, their parents had to give up all par...

Meir Baum and Issachar Ilan collection

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Issachar Ilan papers

Drawing of Chateau Montintin OSE orphanage during World War II