Goldfarb family papers
Extent and Medium
folders
5
Creator(s)
- William Goldfarb
Biographical History
Elimelech, Roza, and William Goldfarb lived as refugees in Ziegenhain and Kassel displaced persons camps after World War II. Elimelech Goldfarb, father of William Goldfarb, served as the camp leader of the Kassel displaced persons camp.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
William Goldfarb obtained the collection after the deaths of his parents, Elimelech and Roza Goldfarb. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection from William Goldfarb on Dec. 8, 1998, at the Museum's New York office as part of the Year 2000 displaced persons camp project collecting effort. William Goldfarb sent a document to be added to his family's collection on Feb. 25, 1999. He later sent fifteen black and white photographs on Mar. 5, 1999.
Scope and Content
Contains one song booklet given to students in the Kassel displaced persons camp, sixty-six black and white photographs of the Goldfarb family in Kassel and Ziegenhain displaced persons camps, eight postage stamps given to children in the Kassel displaced persons camp, and twenty-two documents pertaining to the experiences of Elimelech, Roza, and William Goldfarb in the Ziegenhain and Kassel displaced persons camps.
System of Arrangement
Organized in the following order: 1. Song Booklet; 2. Documents; 3. Photographs
People
- Goldfarb, Roza.
- Goldfarb, William.
- Goldfarb family.
- William Goldfarb
- Goldfarb, Elimelech.
Subjects
- Students--Germany--Kassel.
- Refugee children--Germany--Ziegenhain (Kreis)
- Refugees--Germany--Kassel--1940-1950.
- Refugee children--Germany--Kassel.
- Refugee camps--Germany--Kassel--1940-1950.
- Refugees--Germany--Ziegenhain (Kreis)--1940-1950.
- Refugees, Jewish--Germany--Kassel.
- Refugees, Jewish--Germany--Ziegenhain (Kreis)
- Refugee camps--Germany--Ziegenhain (Kreis)--1940-1950.
Genre
- Document
- Postage stamps.
- Photographs.