Honigberg family papers

Identifier
irn501835
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0338
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • French
  • Japanese
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501835

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Rhoda Honigberg received these papers from her husband, Bransilaw Honigberg, after his death. She gave them to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Archives on November 26, 1997.

Scope and Content

The collection documents the Honigberg family’s emigration from Vilnius, Lithuania to Japan in 1940 and then to the United States with the use of transit visas supplied by Chiune Sugihara of the Japanese consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania, in August 1940. Included are three visas issued to Rikla (Rajzla Matla) Honigberg, her husband Zelik Honigberg, and their son; one Polish identification document issued to Rajzla, and two photographic copies of Polish consulate certificates. Also included are three photocopies of photographs with annotations depicting the Honigberg family during their immigration from Japan to the United States in 1941.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

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.

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