Photograph of Yishuv parachutists

Identifier
irn625767
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.436.4
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.

Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.

Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018.

Scope and Content

A group photograph of 21 people, 12 parachutists from the Yishuv, about six months before they were parachuted into occupied Europe. The paratroopers are identified by numbers on the photograph and the names index on the back of the photograph. Photographed on April 23, 1944. The names on the back are on a sticker affixed to the back of the photo, on the back side are glue residues from an album in which the photograph was glued.

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.