Alexander Schenker collection

Identifier
irn510548
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Alexander Schenker in 2002.

Scope and Content

The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Alexander Schenker and his father Oskar Schenker, including Alexander’s time in a Soviet forced labor camp, and Oskar’s flight from Lithuania to Japan with the help of a transit visa issued by the Japanese consul in Kaunas, Chiune Sugihara, and subsequent immigration to the United States from Japan. Personal papers included identification and travel papers, primarily belonging to Oskar. Objects include a cup, cigarette holder, and cigar lighter all owned by Alexander in Russia.

Genre

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.