Mark Talisman collection

Identifier
irn712620
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Jill Talisman, the widow of Mark Talisman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of documents, framed art, wood and cloth model, identification cards, correspondence, ration cards, stamps issued or used in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in the Czech Republic. Compilation of multiple victims interned in Theresienstadt illustrated within documents. Documents also include “Tagesbefehl” or Daily Bulletin from the Theresienstadt Council of Elders which details daily happenings in the ghetto and includes transports, postal service, regulations, “ghetto-court” judgements. Also included are three pieces of artwork created in Theresienstadt, one a woodcut possibly created by survivor Jiri Lauscher. Miniature model of barrack interior of Theresienstadt created by Jiri Lauscher.

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.