Babamusta family collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ermira Babamusta
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Ermira Babamusta.
Scope and Content
Testimonies, photographs, newspaper article, and CD, among other items, documenting the history of the Babamusta family, of Kavaja, Albania, and their role in sheltering and rescuing Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution in Albania in 1943. Includes the essay “Acts of Courage and Heroism” and “The contribution of the Babamusta family in the rescue of 178 Jews in Kavaja, Albania;” photographs, including copy prints of vintage photographs, of the Babamusta family; a print out of an article about Neki Babamusta, from the Albanian newspaper “Sot,” August 2013, along with an English translation of the same; and a CD containing copies of the above materials.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Dr. Ermira Babamusta Ph.D.
Subjects
- Albania.
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Photographs.
- Newspaper articles.
- Document