Brajtburg Collection

Identifier
irn548850
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.43
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn548850

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Janina Brajtburg

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

Given to Janina Brajtburg and her husband by unknown man, July 1993, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Janina Brajtburg.

Scope and Content

The Brajtburg collection consists of 14 photographs of an unidentified family, some with inscriptions, and a document, all found in a prayer book discovered in the walls of a condemned building in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland. Also includes the prayer book in which the items were discovered.

System of Arrangement

The Brajtburg collection is arranged in a single series.

Subjects

  • Family.
  • Poland.
  • Piotrkow Trybunalski (Poland)

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.