Mauerstein family collection

Identifier: irn639571
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn639571

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Mina Mauerstein-Bail.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of documents and photographs related to Israel Mauerstein and Yetta (Friedmann) Mauerstein, who were from Zborow, and were in DP camps in Italy following the war; their daughter Mina Mauerstein, who was born in camp Trani; and uncles David Mauerstein and Sigmund Appel. Also includes a souvenir booklet from the SS General Greely and Israel Mauerstein's briefcase which he brought with him from Italy.

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Briefcase
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn652073
- English
- overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 17.500 inches (44.45 cm) | Depth: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Israel Mauerstein's briefcase which he brought with him from Italy.
Mauerstein family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn652074
- English
- 1945-1955
- folders 5
- Updated 1 year ago
Identification papers, immigration paperwork, restitution claims, a testimony, and photographs documenting the post-war experiences of Israel and Yetta (née Friedman) Mauerstein, both originally of Zborów, Poland (Zboriv, Ukraine), in several Italian DP camps, and their efforts to immigrate to the United States. DP camp papers consist of identification papers and paperwork from the Landsberg DP camp in Germany, and the Adriatica and Trani DP camps in Italy. Additionally there are lists of refugees classified as “invalids” from several DP camps in Italy including Adriatica, Bologna, Caldorna...

Mauerstein family collection

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Briefcase

Mauerstein family papers