Anna Gure collection

Identifier: irn95220
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn95220

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Anna Gure.

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs and documents concerning the experiences of Anna Gure (Gurvich), who worked with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in a Munich DP camp (possibly St. Ottilien); one postwar document issued by the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Bavaria, dated December 5, 1945, stating that she had been a former prisoner at Stutthof; and one Swiss Red Cross document with the results of a chest x-ray. The collection also includes a caricature of a HIAS worker created by a Hungarian refugee.

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Caricature of HIAS worker created by Hungarian refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn11301
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Anna Gure papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn543315
- English
- 1945-1946
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection documents the post-war experiences of Anna Gure (born Anna Gurvich), originally of Kaunas, Lithuania. Documents include a certificate issued by the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Bavaria stating that Anna was a former prisoner at the Stutthof concentration camp and a Swiss Red Cross document regarding the results of a chest x-ray. Photographs include depictions of Anna in her Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) uniform, likely in the Sankt Ottilien displaced persons camp.

Anna Gure collection

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Caricature of HIAS worker created by Hungarian refugee

Anna Gure papers