Singer family collection
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- Singer family
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
- Singer, Naomi, 1932-
- Singer, Ludwig.
- Rosenheck, Atalia.
Subjects
- Jewish musicians.
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
- Nadvirna (Ukraine)
- Jews--Ukraine--Nadvirna.
Genre
- Negatives.
- Document
- Photographs.