Olga Klein Astrachan collection

Identifier
irn531495
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

Olga Klein Astrachan donated her collections to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996, 1997, and 1998. The accessions formerly cataloged as 1996.94, 1997.A.0208, and 1998.A.0075 have been incorporated into this collection.

Scope and Content

The Olga Klein Astrachan collection consists of twenty eight gouache paintings as well as biographical and photographic materials and personal narratives documenting Russian-born Olga Klein Astrachan and her family’s survival in France during the Holocaust. The papers also include postcards from her husband’s relatives confined to the Otwock ghetto and printed materials documenting German-occupied France and French collaboration.

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.