Samuel Behar papers

Identifier
irn36112
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.395.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36112

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Samuel Behar

Donated to the USHMM by Mr. Samuel Behar in 2008.

Scope and Content

Two documents including a Turkish passport issued to the Behar family. The Behar family held Turkish citizenship while living in the Netherlands. They were deported to Westerbork transit camp and later to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in September 1944. In March 1945 the Behar family and 50 other Turkish Jews were released from the camp and shipped to Istanbul, Turkey. The collection also includes a food ration book issued to the Behar family in Holland in 1946 upon their return.

Subjects

  • Turkey.

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.