Maurice Levitt collection

Identifier
irn43580
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.101.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43580

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Karen Melkonian

Karen Melkonian donated her great uncle's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018.

Scope and Content

Consists of a notebook and handwritten loose notebook pages written by Maurice Levitt, along with photographs taken at displaced persons camp. Levitt, a member of the United States military, worked for the Frankfurt Jewish GI Council, an organization of Jewish soldiers seeking to provide supplies and cultural activities for displaced persons. The handwritten pages document his experiences in 1946 and 1947, while the photographs show aid workers and displaced persons at the Babenhausen and Lindenfels DP camps, among others.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Karen Melkonian

Corporate Bodies

  • Babenhausen (Displaced Persons camp)
  • Lindenfels (Displaced Persons camp)

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.