Maks Astrinsky collection
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.