Elja Heifecs collection

Identifier: irn523381
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523381

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Samuel Heifetz, the son of Elja Heifecs.

Scope and Content

The collection consisting of a two prisoner badges, a commemorative pin, a poster, correspondence, documents, photographs, and sheet music relating to the experiences of Elja Heifecs who was imprisoned in Riga ghetto, Kaiserwald, Muhlgraben, Stutthof, and Buchenwald concentration camps during the Holocaust and in Riga, Latvia, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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Heifetz family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523432
- English
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contain approximately 88 photographs along with documents, correspondence, and sheet music that relate to the experiences of Elja Heifecs during the Holocaust in Riga, Latvia.
Text only poster for a musical performance in prewar Riga
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523433
- English
- overall: Height: 27.500 inches (69.85 cm) | Width: 19.880 inches (50.495 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Announcement for a concert featuring 25 year old Elja Heifecs and his Mandolin Orchestra in Riga, Latvia, on January 10, 1937. In July 1941, Germany declared war on the Soviet Union and invaded Latvia which had been annexed by the Soviets in 1940. A vicious pogrom was unleashed upon the Jews of Riga by German killing squads and roving gangs of Latvian fascists. In October, Elja and his family were forced into the ghetto. His 22 year old brother was told to report to work at a factory and never returned. Over three days in December, the Germans, with Latvian support, rounded up and killed at...
Handmade prisoner badge worn by a Latvian Jewish concentration camp inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523434
- English
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Prisoner patch used by Elja Heifecs when he was imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp, Rehmsdorf section, in 1944. In July 1941, Germany invaded Latvia. A vicious pogrom was unleashed upon the Jews of Riga by German killing squads and roving gangs of Latvian fascists; thousands were murdered. In October, Elja, a musician and band leader, with his parents and brother, was forced into the ghetto. One day, his 22 year old brother, Liebel, was told to report to work at a factory and never returned. Over three days in December, the Germans, with Latvian support, rounded up and killed at le...
Handmade prisoner badge worn by a Latvian Jewish concentration camp inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523435
- English
- overall: Height: 1.120 inches (2.845 cm) | Width: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Prisoner patch worn by Elja Heifecs when he was imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp, Rehmsdorf section. In July 1941, Germany declared war on the Soviet Union and invaded Latvia which had been annexed by the Soviets in 1940. A vicious pogrom was unleashed upon the Jews of Riga by German killing squads and roving gangs of Latvian fascists. In October, Elja and his family were forced into the ghetto. His 22 year old brother was told to report to work at a factory and never returned. Over three days in December, the Germans, with Latvian support, rounded up and killed at least 26,000 J...
Pin issued to a camp survivor with Buchenwald memorial Bell Tower and flags
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523436
- English
- 1969
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.120 inches (2.845 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Commemorative pin issued to Elja Heifecs, a former inmate of Buchenwald concentration camp, by the GDR (German Democratic Republic / East Germany) in 1969 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald on April 11, 1945. The pin is decorated with the memorial Bell Tower built on the site in 1958 by East Germany and the flags of the eighteen countries whose citizens were imprisoned and killed there during the Holocaust. In July 1941, Germany declared war on the Soviet Union and invaded Latvia which had been annexed by the Soviets in 1940. A vicious pogrom was unleashed u...

Elja Heifecs collection

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Heifetz family papers

Text only poster for a musical performance in prewar Riga

Handmade prisoner badge worn by a Latvian Jewish concentration camp inmate

Handmade prisoner badge worn by a Latvian Jewish concentration camp inmate

Pin issued to a camp survivor with Buchenwald memorial Bell Tower and flags