Esther Gitman papers

Identifier
irn518980
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.307
  • 2016.555
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 2001
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Croatian
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518980

Extent and Medium

folders

4

2 negatives,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Esther Gitman, a 2007 Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies fellow, donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on March 8, 2007. She collected this material as part of her research into the rescue of Jews in the independent state of Croatia.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs, documents, and photocopies collected by Esther Gitman during her research into the rescue of Jews in the independent state of Croatia. Includes testimony and copyprints given to the donor by Sylvia Suzana Knoll, who was hidden as a child by Vera Oberiter and Ludvik Valentincic; copyprints and photographic negatives of military officers given by Dr. Stzepan Stainer; and family photographs, postcards, a prayer card and a DP card given by Olga Neuman. Also includes photocopies of personal testimony by Regina Kamhi, and Aleksandar Mošić, as well as copies of speeches and official resolutions from the early 1930s protesting the prosecution of Croatian leaders by Serbians.

Subjects

  • Croatia.

Genre

  • Document
  • Postcards.
  • Prayer cards.
  • Negatives.
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