Judith Hershkovitz collection

Identifier
irn715027
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.289.1
  • 1999.13
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn715027

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Judith Hershkovitz

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Jacob Harel

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Jacob Harel, son of Judith Hershkovitz.

Scope and Content

Passport and photographs documenting the experiences of Yehudit (Judith) Hershkovitz [donor's mother] and her family, including their prewar experiences, detention in Nyíregyháza ghetto, survival of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and immigration to Israel in 1948 with her spouse Moshe Hershkovitz [1927-2005]. Moshe survived Birkenau and Buchenwald. After the war he returned to his hometown in Transylvania, then moved to Budapest before his immigration to Israel.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Israel--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

  • Document
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