Bespaloff family papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Musem in 2017.
Scope and Content
Documents, identity papers, photographs, affidavits of support, and correspondence from the extended family and associates of Nisson Chrago (Shraga?) Bespaloff, originally of Tallinn, Estonia, related in part to efforts to assist his family and the family of his sister, Fanny Ettinger, immigrate to the United States via France during World War II. There is postwar paperwork relating to land restitution claims in the Baltic region. Also includes documents from pre-war France and pre-Revolutionary Russia, and a book, The Conquest of Acre Fortress. Postwar paperwork relating to land restitution claims in the Baltic region.
Subjects
- Tallinn (Estonia)
- Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- Russia
- Paris (France)
Genre
- Correspondence
- Identification documents
- Photographs
- Affidavits of support
- Documents
- Document