Gershon Kufert papers

Identifier
irn523083
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.165.1
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523083

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Kufert family

Biographical History

Frieda Kufert (née Kranz) was born on January 6, 1909 in Berlin, Germany. She married and her daughter Lea Kufert was born on December 21, 1938. The family was sent to the Łódź ghetto, where Lea died. Her mother, Frieda Kufert either died in the Łódź ghetto in 1939 or Chełmno concentration camp in 1942.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gershon Kufert

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Martha Craig donoated the Gershon Kufert papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.

Scope and Content

Photographic postcard of two women holding a baby. The two women are Frieda Kufert (née Kranz) and her mother. The baby is Frieda's daughter Lea Kufert. All perished in the Holocaust.

System of Arrangement

The Gershon Kufert papers is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Kufert, Lea, 1938-1939.
  • Kufert family
  • Kufert, Frieda.

Subjects

Genre

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