Mark Asch collection

Identifier: irn39758
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Glenn Asch, the son of Mark Asch.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts and correspondence relating to the experiences of Mark Asch and his family in Kutno, Poland, and as they escaped to the United States during the Holocaust.

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Mark Asch papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn41844
- English
- 1942
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection consists of two letters from the Red Cross addressed to Mark Asch in New York. The first letter from the Red Cross was written by Dosia and Szmul Gerberbaum in the Warsaw ghetto. The Polish text reads: “We received your postcard. We live in the same place. We are healthy. We know nothing about Kuba.We would be grateful for food and clothes packages. Regards, Dosia”; dated: March 3, 1942. The second letter is from the American Red Cross notifying Mark about the arrival of correspondence from Poland; dated: October 26, 1942 and includes an envelope.
Kodak Retina handheld folding camera and leather case taken out of occupied Poland by a Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn41845
- English
- a: Height: 3.120 inches (7.925 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) b: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Kodak 35mm Retina camera and leather case with adjustable straps that belonged to 26 year old Mark Asch, when he escaped German occupied Kutno, Poland in 1940 with his parents, Yankev and Itta, and his siblings, Roma, Golda, and Adam. At the time of invasion, Yankev was in London, England. In February1940, Itta bribed a German official and escaped with the children to Warsaw. Another bribe procured false travel visas and they traveled to Italy and separated; Itta left to join Yankev and the children went to Lisbon, Portugal. They sailed on the Serpa Pinto and arrived in the United States on...

Mark Asch collection

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Mark Asch papers

Kodak Retina handheld folding camera and leather case taken out of occupied Poland by a Jewish refugee