Asmara detention camp photograph
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund
Acquired, 2011.
Scope and Content
Consists of one posed photograph of a large group of men living in the Asmara detention camp in Eritrea, circa 1945. The photograph depicts the flag of Israel and a sign which reads, in Hebrew, "Zion's Exiles in Asmara." Related to this is a small piece of grey cloth stamped with a Hebrew mark reading "Jabotinsky Day in Asmara Exile, 29 Tamuz 1946" commemorating the sixth anniversary of Jabotinsky's death (2011.418.4.2), which is cataloged separately.
Subjects
- Jews--Eritrea--Asmara--History.
- Jewish refugees--Eritrea.
- Asmara (Eritrea)
Genre
- Document
- Photograph.
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