Israel Haimovich collection

Identifier: irn94885
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn94885

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Harel Gadot on behalf of the Gadot and Haimovich families.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a desk set and a pin relating to the experiences of Israel Haimovich while in a detention camp in Cyprus after the Holocaust.

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Israeli Police Civil Guard pin owned by Israel Haimovich
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn185359
- English
- 1970-1979
- overall: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Mid-century, Israeli Police Civil Guard pin found in an inkwell of the desk set (2015.162.1) carved by Israel Haimovich while in a British detention camp in Cyprus in 1948. Israel was originally from Czechoslovakia, which was annexed by Nazi Germany and its allies in 1938-1939. Israel was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp. He was liberated by US troops on April 11, 1945. His siblings, mother, grandmother, wife, and son were all killed during the Holocaust. After recuperating in an American military hospital, Israel joined other survivors preparing to emigrate to Palestine. In 1946, ...
Pen and ink desk set carved by Israel Haimovich in a British detention camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607642
- English
- 1948
- a: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 14.750 inches (37.465 cm) | Depth: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) c: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) d: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) e: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) f: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Desk set with ink wells carved by Israel Haimovich while in a British detention camp in Cyprus in 1948. It is carved in the shape of the bridge that linked two of the camps and the inkwells are carved in the shape of the Nissen huts that housed the detainees, tents, and a guard tower. Israel was originally from Czechoslovakia, which was annexed by Nazi Germany and its allies in 1938-1939. Israel was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp. He was liberated by US troops on April 11, 1945. His siblings, mother, grandmother, wife, and son were all killed during the Holocaust. After recuperat...

Israel Haimovich collection

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Israeli Police Civil Guard pin owned by Israel Haimovich

Pen and ink desk set carved by Israel Haimovich in a British detention camp