Joel Elkes collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Dr. Joel Elkes, the son of Dr. Elkhanan Elkes.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of original and typescript copies of letters sent by Dr. Elkhanan Elkes, head of Kaunas [Kovno] ghetto, to his children in England. It also includes a drawing of Dr. Elkes on his deathbed in the Dachau concentration camp, uniform trousers worn by Dr. Elkes in Dachau, and a memorial book of the Schwabbe Gymnasium.
Genre
- Collection