Martin Elkort photographs
Extent and Medium
oversize box
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Creator(s)
- Martin Elkort
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Martin Elkort
Stefani Twyford donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 on behalf of Martin Elkort.
Scope and Content
Consists of enlarged black and white photographs taken by Martin Elkort at an ORT training center in Manhattan, New York, circa 1948-1950. The photographs depict a sewing training center, and some of the trainees bear visible Auschwitz tattoos.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Martin Elkort
People
- Elkort, Martin.
Subjects
- Occupational training for Jews--Europe.
- World ORT Union.
- New York (N.Y.)
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.