Bespaloff family papers

Identifier
irn595185
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.694.1
Dates
1 Jan 1901 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Russian
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn595185

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Musem in 2017.

Scope and Content

Documents, identity papers, photographs, affidavits of support, and correspondence from the extended family and associates of Nisson Chrago (Shraga?) Bespaloff, originally of Tallinn, Estonia, related in part to efforts to assist his family and the family of his sister, Fanny Ettinger, immigrate to the United States via France during World War II. There is postwar paperwork relating to land restitution claims in the Baltic region. Also includes documents from pre-war France and pre-Revolutionary Russia, and a book, The Conquest of Acre Fortress. Postwar paperwork relating to land restitution claims in the Baltic region.

Subjects

  • Tallinn (Estonia)
  • Paris (France)
  • Russia
  • Emigration and immigration.
  • United States.

Genre

  • Document
  • Correspondence
  • Documents
  • Affidavits of support
  • Identification documents
  • Photographs
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