Yeheskel Fleisher collection

Identifier
irn515782
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.390
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515782

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Yeheskel Fleisher donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Sept. 3, 2004 via his grandson, Doron Avni.

Scope and Content

Consists of a pre-war photograph of the Fleisher family, originally of Shavly, Lithuania; two photographs of Yeheskel Fleisher in Shavly, 1941, wearing a Star of David after being released from a temporary stay in a Nazi prison; and two photographs of Mr. Fleisher's sister, Batia Michaele Gutstein being taken off the ship "The Exodus" on a stretcher and with her husband Michael Gutstein. Also includes one biography of Mr. Fleisher written by his granddaughter.

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.