Lucy Cess collection

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Lucy Cess papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn14062
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Consists of a postcard written by the donor's mother from Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania, to her son (the donor's brother, who was living in New York.
Lucy Cess photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516485
- English
- 1942-1944
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection consists of images of the liquidation and destruction of the ghetto in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania, as well as a photograph of a group of Jews, including Lucy Cess [donor] and her mother, who survived the destruction of the ghetto by hiding in an underground bunker.
Lucy Cess papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516530
- English
- 1944-1962
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The papers consist of a reissued marriage certificate, death certificate, birth certificate and passport for Rachel Chodos (Rakhil-Gruitel Khodessene), a survivor of the ghetto in Kaunas, Lithuania.