Morris Dembowitz collection

Identifier: irn114609
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn114609

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by David Dembowitz, the son of Rabbi Morris Dembowitz.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a poster, documents, and photographic prints relating to the discovery of Gardelegen and Ohrdruf concentration camps in Germany and a letter attesting to the origin of the "Treblinka Song" record.

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You Should Know US Army poster confronting German civilians with the atrocities at Ohrdruf concentration camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn191857
- English
- overall: Height: 23.750 inches (60.325 cm) | Width: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Poster titled "You Should Know" printed by the United States Army to confront German citizens about the atrocities at Ohrdruf concentration camp, the first camp ligerated by US soldiers.
Child survivors sing the Treblinka song
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn614772
- English
- 1946
- Updated 1 year ago
Two child Holocaust survivors sing the Treblinka song. Recorded in December 1946. Decelith disc recording sent to Rabbi Morris Dembowitz. Side A contains a violin playing the Treblinka Song melody. Side B contains the two young Buchenwald survivors singing the Treblinka song in Yiddish in 1946.
Morris Dembowitz papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn87248
- English
- 1945
- oversize box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of enlarged original photographic prints with original captions in English and German taken by members of the Ninth Army, United States military, in the aftermath of the Gardelegen atrocity. Includes photographs of victims of the massacre and of the burial of the corpses. Also includes a letter, dated 24 December 1946 and signed by "A. Kamerman," regarding a recording of the "Treblinka Song" by two children; the letter accompanied the original phonograph of this recording.

Morris Dembowitz collection

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You Should Know US Army poster confronting German civilians with the atrocities at Ohrdruf concentration camp

Child survivors sing the Treblinka song

Morris Dembowitz papers