Gertrude Kupferblum Russi collection

Identifier
irn516118
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.247
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 2002
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516118

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Gertrude Kupferblum Russi donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct. 3, 2001. Mrs. Russi passed away in the spring of 2006, and her daughter, Rosemarie Russi Howe, completed the donation.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, untitled, written by Gertrude (Gert) Kupferblum Russi in September 2002, describing her experiences in Poland and Italy in the 1930s and her immigration to the United States with her husband, Simon, in 1938, in order to escape the Holocaust. Also includes one photograph, taken in 1920, of Simon Russi with his family, one photograph, dated 1936, of Gertrude Kupferblum with a friend, and one photograph of Gertrude Kupferblum with her brother Henry in 1937.

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.