Violet Herkovits Mainzer collection

Identifier
irn94996
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.213.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn94996

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Violet Mainzer

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Bruce Mainzer.

Scope and Content

Contains documents, photographs and correspondence regarding the experiences of Rabbi Boril Herschkovics, who immigrated to the United States in the late 1920s ahead of his immediate family. Documents include recommendations of employment for Boril. Also includes correspondence with organizations including the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Society regarding the efforts of his daughter Alice Herst to arrange for the immigration of Edith and Rose Herskovits, then in Hungary, to join the rest of the family in the United States.

Corporate Bodies

  • HIAS (Agency)
  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

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.

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