Elaine Zaks papers

Identifier
irn522595
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.38.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elaine Zaks

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Elaine Zaks, the daughter of Leah and Phillip Zaks.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of twelve photographs depicting Leah and Phillip Zaks Zakuska and their son, Michael in a DP camp in Florence, Italy, after World War II; seven photographs of unknown persons with Yiddish inscriptions on the verso; and one letter written to Ann Fonaroff of the United Service for New Americans, Enc. on November 2, 1948, on behalf of Philip, "Lisa", and "Moses" Zaks and concerning their immigration to the United States. Leah and Philip Zaks were from Poland. They made their way to Italy probably in 1945. Their son, Michael, was born in a displaced persons camp in Florence, Italy.

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