Elise Kann Jaeger collection
Extent and Medium
1 photograph album,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elise Kann Jaeger
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Elise Jaeger.
Scope and Content
Contains a photograph album created by Molly and Jerry van Heel for Elise [donor] on the occasion of her 14th birthday, December 24, 1944; typed label on front cover “EINDHOVEN bevrijd door Het 1ste Geall. Luchtlandingsleger en Het Tweede Britsche Leger. 18/19 September 1944.” [liberated by Allied Airborne Army, the 1st and Second British Army. 18/19 September 1944]; handwritten inscription on inside cover. Scrapbook contains photographs of American and British soldiers in being welcomed by the Dutch citizens of Eindhoven, as well as images of the Allies taking German soldiers into custody. Each image is labeled in Dutch. Photographs dated September 18 and 19, 1944.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Elise Jaeger
Subjects
- Eindhoven (Netherlands)
- Liberation. Europe.
Genre
- Document
- Photograph albums.