Singer family collection

Identifier
irn593672
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.664.1
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1971
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • German
  • Polish
  • English
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Ludwig Singer, originally of Uzhhorod (Ukraine), was trained as an engineer but his passion was being an opera singer. After a performance in Nadwórna, Poland (Nadvirna, Ukraine) he met Atalia Rosenheck. They married around 1930, and their daughter Naomi Singer was born in 1932. In 1938 the family emigrated from Poland to Jerusalem. Both Ludwig and Atalia lost family members in the Holocaust.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Teresa A. Pollin

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Teresa A. Pollin.

Scope and Content

Photographs and negatives documenting the lives of Ludwig Singer of Uzhhorod (Ukraine) and his wife Atalia Rosenheck of Nadwórna, Poland (Nadvirna, Ukraine). Includes depictions of family life in Nadwórna and Jerusalem, Ludwig's opera performances, and various friends and relatives. Negatives are housed separately.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

People

Subjects

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.