Yaakov Borenstein collection

Identifier
irn521833
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.133
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521833

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Yaakov Borenstein

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Yaakov Borenstein.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a prayer-book found by Marguit Loewy Borenstein [donor's mother] in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945 and a photograph of Marguit and her sister, Terka Loewy (b. 1928), taken in Nové Město, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), during the summer of 1945 soon after their liberation from Auschwitz.

People

  • Loewy, Marguit.
  • Loewy, Terka.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Poland--Oświęcim.

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.