Katy Torres McCormack photograph collection

Identifier
irn514893
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.339.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Katy Torres (later Katy Torres McCormack) was born on 18 May 1935 in Thessaloniki, Greece to Moise (Maurice) and Marie Yaguel Torres (d. 1943). Maurice owned a photo shop and Marie, along with her sister and brother, owned a store that sold bras and girdles. Katy had one younger sister, Dolly (1937-1943). In 1939 Katy contracted tuberculosis from drinking unpasteurized milk and was sent to a hospital to recover. She remained in the hospital for the duration of World War II. Her father survived the war in Thessaloniki in hiding. By 1943 he was able to visit Katy in the hospital frequently. Her mother and sister both perished at Auschwitz in 1943. Katy immigrated to the United States in 1950 as a teenager and attended a boarding school.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Katy Torres McCormack.

Scope and Content

The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Katy Torres McCormack and her family in Thessaloniki, Greece. Includes depictions of her parents Moise (Maurice) and Marie Yaguel Torres, her sister Dolly Torres, and children celebrating Purim in a Jewish orphanage in Greece in 1946.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

People

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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.