Abraham Zemach papers
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Abraham Zemach collected the photographs and other materials during his service with the 76th U.S. Infantry Division. Zemach donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in May 1994.
Scope and Content
Contains 36 photographs (some with captions) taken by unknown parties and the U.S. Signal Corps from 1942 to 1945 depicting Nazi atrocities witnessed by Abraham Zemach while serving as a Jewish chaplain in the 76th US Infantry Division during World War II and after the war while ministering to Jewish displaced persons; an Occupational Forces Travel permit with handwritten annotations; two pieces of Terezin currency; a memoir relating to the experiences of Abraham Zemach during the war; a facsimile of a birthday letter from General Mark Clark dated 5 Jan.1946; a memorandum dated 22 Jun.1945 from Zemach to the 76th Infantry Division G-1 regarding the commendation of enlisted men for their role in the reburial of victims found in a mass grave; an undated memoir written by an unidentified female Hungarian Jewish survivor; and photocopies of miscellaneous news articles relating to Zemach's aid to Jewish displaced persons after the war.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
People
- Zemach, Abraham.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
- Burial.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
- Chaplains, Military.
- Refugees, Jewish.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Personal narratives.
- Document