Marvin Benn papers

Identifier
irn517365
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.353.1
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marvin Benn

Marvin Benn acquired the collection of documents during a visit to Warsaw, Poland, in 1980. Jan Rochwerger, a Jewish resident of Warsaw, gave him the doucuments from a water-damaged box full of other papers belonging to the exterminated Jewish community of Poland. The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Marvin Benn.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of identification cards that belonged to Jewish families in Poland during the Holocaust.

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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.