Chris Lerman photograph collection

Identifier
irn523037
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.87
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523037

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photographs were created by an unknown photographer in 1946. The photograph collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Chris Lerman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of eight photographs of Chris and Miles Lerman, their friends, and their family, during their time in the Berlin Schlachtensee displaced persons camp in Germany after liberation and their voyage to the United States on board the "Marine Perch." Also included in the collection are three photographs of the Lermans' friends in Bergen-Belsen.

People

  • Frymerman, Moshe.
  • Tencer, Guta.
  • Tencer, Moses.
  • Zyngier, Pola.
  • Tencer, Chana.
  • Laks, Regina.
  • Zyngier, Yaffa.
  • Lerman, Miles.
  • Binder, Mary.
  • Frymerman, Renia Kilman.
  • Zyngier, Rachmiel.
  • Lerman, Chris.
  • Bauman, Fruma.
  • Zyngier, Eva Kilman.
  • Zyngier, Yitzchak.

Corporate Bodies

  • Marine Perch (Ship)

Subjects

  • Refugees--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Emigration & immigration--United States--1940-1950.
  • Mess halls--Germany--Berlin--1940-1950.
  • Office workers--Germany--Berlin--1940-1950.
  • Refugee camps--Germany--Berlin--1940-1950.
  • Schlachtensee (Berlin, Germany : Refugee camp)

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.