Maks Astrinsky collection

Identifier
irn502540
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0302
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Muriel Leavitt donated the Maks Astrinsky collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 1998. Muriel Leavitt is a cousin of Maks Astrinsky.

Scope and Content

The Maks Astrinsky collection consists of correspondence, letters, and one picture postcard pertaining to Maks Astrinsky, a partisan who hid in the forests of Poland and witnessed the massacre of Jews and the burning of homes by the Germans in Slonim and other towns.

System of Arrangement

The Maks Astrinsky collection is arranged in a single series.

People

Subjects

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.