Elise Kann Jaeger collection

Identifier
irn47928
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.475.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Dutch
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47928

Extent and Medium

1 photograph album,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elise Kann Jaeger

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Elise Jaeger.

Scope and Content

Contains a photograph album created by Molly and Jerry van Heel for Elise [donor] on the occasion of her 14th birthday, December 24, 1944; typed label on front cover “EINDHOVEN bevrijd door Het 1ste Geall. Luchtlandingsleger en Het Tweede Britsche Leger. 18/19 September 1944.” [liberated by Allied Airborne Army, the 1st and Second British Army. 18/19 September 1944]; handwritten inscription on inside cover. Scrapbook contains photographs of American and British soldiers in being welcomed by the Dutch citizens of Eindhoven, as well as images of the Allies taking German soldiers into custody. Each image is labeled in Dutch. Photographs dated September 18 and 19, 1944.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Elise Jaeger

Subjects

  • Eindhoven (Netherlands)
  • Liberation. Europe.

Genre

  • Document
  • Photograph albums.
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