Philip and Marta Beckman collection

Identifier
irn60163
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.282.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Philip Beckman

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Mr. Philip Beckman

Scope and Content

Contains photographs and documents concerning the Holocaust experiences of Philip Beckman and Marta Roth Beckman. Consists of photographs and documents about Philip Beckman and Marta Roth Beckman. Documents and photographs illustrating the experiences of Malka Roth Beckman [donor's wife] and Rafael (Rafal) Beckman [donor] after their liberation from concentration camps as displaced persons in Italy, specifically, Cesaria Santa Maria de Leuca and Bari. Malka, born 1929 in Sighet, Romania, was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp and transferred eventually to camps in Germany where she was liberated. Rafael, born 1924 in Krakow, Poland, was deported to Plaszow and Mauthausen concentration camps and was liberated in Linz, Austria. Malka and Rafael met and married in Santa Maria de Leuca and arrived, eventually in the United States in 1950.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Philip Beckman

People

Genre

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