Olga Klein Astrachan collection
Acquisition
Olga Klein Astrachan donated her collections to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996, 1997, and 1998. The accessions formerly cataloged as 1996.94, 1997.A.0208, and 1998.A.0075 have been incorporated into this collection.
Scope and Content
The Olga Klein Astrachan collection consists of twenty eight gouache paintings as well as biographical and photographic materials and personal narratives documenting Russian-born Olga Klein Astrachan and her family’s survival in France during the Holocaust. The papers also include postcards from her husband’s relatives confined to the Otwock ghetto and printed materials documenting German-occupied France and French collaboration.
Genre
- Collection
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