Saul Loeb collection

Identifier
irn517372
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.438
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1983
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517372

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Renée Loeb donated her husband's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 21, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of 41 photographs taken by Saul Loeb, an officer in the United States Army and the assistant to Chaplains Morris Kertzer and Isidore Breslau in Marseille, France. The photographs, taken in the spring of 1945, depict Jews in Marseille, refugees emigrating to Palestine, scenes of Passover, and the Army chaplains. Also includes one scrapbook of photographs of Passover in Marseille, 1945. Most of the photographs are captioned. Collection also includes scrip from Theresienstadt and Łódź and scrip from the American military occupation of Germany.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army

Subjects

  • Passover.

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.