Silberman-Rachkauskas family photographs

Identifier
irn514769
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.148
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514769

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Sonya Rachkauskas Naygauz donated her family's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Consists of eight pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the Silberman and Rachkauskas families. Chone and Beila Silberman Rachkauskas, originally from Telšiai, Lithuania, fled from Kaunas to Frunze (Bishkek), Kyrgyzstan. They remained there until April 1946, when they returned to Lithuania. None of the Silberman family, with the exception of Beila, survived the war.

Subjects

  • Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan).

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.