Reuben Cipin collection

Identifier
irn38556
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.43
  • RG-10.523
Dates
1 Jan 2000 - 31 Dec 2009
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Swedish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn38556

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Reuben Cipin

Reuben Cipin donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 16, 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of documents describing pre-war and wartime Jewish life in Pikkale (Pikeliai), Lithuania. Includes a portion of an unpublished memoir entitled "Something Disappeared on its Way" by Berthold Neiman about pre-war Pikkale, and an article entitled "There were a lot of Jews here in Pikeliai before the war" by Fredrik Nejman about what happened in Pikkale during the Holocaust, when the Jewish community perished in a mass shooting. Both articles are in Swedish.

Subjects

  • Pikeliai (Lithuania)
  • Jews--Lithuania.

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.