Dr. Leon Ginsburg collection

Identifier
irn32378
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.78.1
Dates
1 Jan 1925 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn32378

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leon Ginsburg

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leon Ginsburg

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Suzanne Ginsburg on behalf of her late father Dr. Leon Ginsburg.

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs and a telegram depicting life in the Foehrenwald Displaced Persons camp and at an ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) school in Germany; dated 1945-1948. Also contains pre-war photographs, bearing English inscriptions, documenting Kalman and Pesia Ginsburg (donor’s parents) and their children Leon and Blume Ginsburg, with friends and school groups in Maciejów, Poland, along with a wartime photo of Leon; dated circa 1925-1944.

Corporate Bodies

  • Föhrenwald (Displaced persons camp)

Subjects

  • Maciejów (Lublin, Poland)

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.