Harold Fishbein collection

Identifier: irn530984
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn530984

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Torah-style scroll, correspondence, a manuscript, and photographs relating to the experiences of Harold Fishbein, Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's (UNNRA) Schlachtensee displaced persons camp near Berlin, Germany, after the war.

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Harold Fishbein collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513013
- English
- 1941-1949
- boxes oversize folder 3 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection documents the post-war experiences of Harold Fishbein, Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration’s Schlachtensee DP camp (Düppel Center) near Berlin. Included is personal correspondence, a draft copy for a book he was writing about the DP camp, speech outlines and miscellaneous documents, and over 400 photographs depicting Fishbein, Schlachtensee DP camp, and displaced persons.
Torah-style scroll and case signed by residents of Schlachtensee DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530985
- English
- 1946
- a: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) b: Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Torah-style scroll with blue velvet cover bearing the signatures of several residents of Schlachtensee DP camp in post war Germany. The scroll was dedicated to Harold Fishbein and dated 1946, in honor of Fishbein’s 25th wedding anniversary.

Harold Fishbein collection

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Harold Fishbein collection

Torah-style scroll and case signed by residents of Schlachtensee DP camp