Paul Blank photograph collection

Identifier
irn556034
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.128.1
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Paul Blank (1923-2011, some records place his birth on 2 July 1925) was born Pajasch Blank on 2 July 1923 in Bełżyce, Poland to Berek Blank and Gita Feld. He had two sisters and two brothers. After the German invasion of Poland he was likely in the Bełżyce and Bedzin ghettos. He was deported to the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, and sent to the Flossenbürg concentration camp on 4 August 1944. He was transferred to the Dachau concentration camp on 5 April 1945 and liberated in May while on a death march. After liberation, he was in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp until he immigrated to the United States in 1946 aboard the SS Marine Perch.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Denise Blank Landman

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Denise Blank Landman, daughter of Paul Blank.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of post-war photographs depicting Holocaust survivor Paul Blank standing with fellow survivors and American soldiers in front of the memorial monument at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Zeilsheim, Germany.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

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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.