Yahrzeit leaf, Iasi, Romania.

Identifier
irn46509
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.420.8
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn46509

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.

Acquired, September 2011.

Scope and Content

One handwritten and hand-illustrated memorial leaf, listing the names of the victims of the pogrom that took place in Iasi, Romania, June, 1941, as well as the names of several people who were killed in World War I. Written and illustrated by Itzchak ben Efraim Benditer (1927- ), for display in the great synagogue in Iasi, to memorialize those who used to pray there, who were killed in the pogrom.

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania--Iaṡi.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Romania--Iași.

Genre

  • Document
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