Leo Arnfeld collection
Acquisition
The collections was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Leo Arnfeld.
Scope and Content
The Leo Arnfeld collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and a satirical pamphlet documenting the Arnfeld family in Warsaw, Sara and Leo Arnfeld in the Warsaw ghetto, Chaim Arnfeld in Vilnius, Kobe, and Shanghai, and Leo Arnfeld’s postwar life in Munich. The collection also includes cosmetics and pharmaceutical labels and sample from Chaim Arnfeld’s pharmacy in Warsaw as well as German and Chinese currency, Łódź ghetto scrip, and Japanese occupation currency.
Genre
- Collection