Andrew Kapochunas collection

Identifier

irn502549

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2001.43
RG-10.217

Dates

1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1943

Level of Description

Item

Languages

German
English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502549

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection from Andrew Kapochunas on February 27, 2001.

Scope and Content

Contains an air mail envelope written while Kaunas was under occupation; five original Vilna Ghetto arrest documents; and an original signed receipt for 18,837 Litai received from the American Joint Distribution Committee, Vilnius, intended for "the Jewish Section for War-Sufferers, Lithuanian Red Cross."

Corporate Bodies

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Subjects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuanian--Jews.
Kaunas (Lithuania)
Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Kaunas.

Genre

Receipts.
Envelopes.
Document

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.