Eskanazi family photographs

Identifier
irn639584
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.576.1
  • 2020.348
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Miriam and Israel Eskenazi immigrated to the United States from Salonika, Greece around 1917. Eli and Lena Eskenazi were born in the United States prior to 1922. The family returned to Salonika around 1922, where Sylvia and Emmanuel were born. In the spring 1943, the family was part of a larger round up in Salonica. Miriam, Israel, Sylvania, and Emmanuel Eskenazi were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp where they perished. Since Lena and Eli Eskenazi were American citizens, they were sent instead to Vittel internment camp in France. Lena was released in 1943 and returned to New York.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dulce Moche

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Dulce Moche, daughter of Lena Eskenazi Morris.

Scope and Content

Photographs of Lena (Eskenazi) Morris; her siblings Eli, Sylvia and Emmanuel Eskanazi; and their friends. Also includes photographs from the Vittel internment camp in France. Miriam and Israel Eskenazi emigrated from Salonika, Greece to the United States circa 1917, where their children Eli and Lena were born. The family returned to Salonika circa 1922 where their children Sylvia and Emmanuel were born. In the spring of 1943, Miriam, Israel, Sylvia and Emmanuel were among the thousands rounded up in Salonika and deported to Auschwitz, where they died. Because Lena and Eli were American citizens, they were instead sent to the Vittel internment camp in France. Lena was released and returned to New York in 1943.

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.