Michael Gruenbaum collection

Identifier
irn36819
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.363.1
  • 2018.582
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Czech
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Gruenbaum

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Michael Gruenbaum, the son of Margaret Gruenbaum.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of a large scrapbook with a burlap cover, small memory book, and several documents. Consists of one album created by Margaret Gruenbaum, mother of the donor, while imprisoned in Terezin. Includes cloth badges, receipts, notifications, flyers, stamps, artwork and other documents collected in wartime Terezin. Also includes one memory book, entitled "Pamatnik" created by Michael Gruenbaum and friends while living in Room 7, Building L 417 in Terezin. Includes translations of the memory book, of poetry written by Michael and the other children, and loose documents from Terezin.

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.