Ettelson family collection

Identifier: irn671158
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn671158

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 and 2019 by Ralph Ettelson.

Scope and Content

Consists of a suitcase, wallet, photo album, photographs, newspapers, clippings, notebooks, documents, correspondence, ephemera, and other original material pertaining to the experiences of Ralph Ettelson who emigrated from Vilkaviskis, Lithuania to the Dominican Republic before the war. The collection includes correspondence and photographs pertaining to Ralph's mother, Itta Ettelson Shimenski, and his siblings Reveka and Max, who perished in the Holocaust. Additional photographs, correspondence, and clippings pertain to Jewish communities, and Jewish refugees, in the the Caribbean and Ralph's life in New York where he settled with his wife Anita Albam.

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1. United States (2)
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Suitcase
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn676536
- English
- overall: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Depth: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ettelson family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn708879
- English
- 1934-1941
- boxes oversize box book enclosure oversize folders 3 1 1 2
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of the Ettelson family of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania, including Ralph Ettelson’s immigration to the Dominican Republic in 1927 and later immigration to the United States in the late 1930s, and his mother Itta Schimensky’s wartime experiences in Vilkaviškis before she and her daughter Rivka perished in 1941. Included is a small amount of biographical material, correspondence, printed material and ephemera, and photographs. Biographical material consists of documents related to Ralph after he moved to New York. Included are various address bo...

Ettelson family collection

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Suitcase

Ettelson family papers