Cesia Fater collection
Extent and Medium
box
1
9 booklets,
7 sheet music,
6 photocopy of sheet music,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Cesia Fater
Scope and Content
Collection of photographs, papers and brochures (including music scores) pertaining to the life of Issachar Fater, cantor, composer and music teacher before the war. In 1940 he was a refugee in Soviet Baronovice and worked as an inspector for teaching of music. After being freed from labor camp in Siberia he became the director of the State Philharmonic Orchestra in Tadjikistan. Returning to Poland, he moved to Paris, Belgium, Rio de Janeiro and in 1962 immigrated to Israel. Includes a birth certificate in the name of Elizbieta Ritkowska issued August 27, 1938 and used by donor during the war.
Subjects
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
- Music.
- Birth certificates.
- Brochures.