Bulgarian funeral photograph album

Identifier
irn562812
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.333.4
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn562812

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of portions of this collection was made possible by the Philip and Janet Levin Foundation

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.

Scope and Content

Photograph album consisting of six large photographs documenting a Jewish funeral procession in Sofia, Bulgaria circa 1942. The album depicts images of two men with Star of David armbands on their coats walking along the procession, the coffin draped with cloth with Star of David, women and children carrying wreaths at the head of the procession, and Chief Rabbis of Sofia Rabbi Asher Yitzchak Chananel and Rabbi Daniel Zion.The cover has "Album hand printed across it and features a circular portrait of a man presumed to be the deceased in the upper left corner.

Subjects

  • Sofia (Bulgaria)
  • Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies.
  • Jews--Bulgaria--Sofia.

Genre

  • Photograph albums.
  • Document
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