Overview
- Description
- The Israel Elefant family photograph consists of twelve photographs of Israel Elefant and his family from Łódź, Poland. The photographs include pre-war family photographs in Łódź, Poland and post-war photographs taken in the Deggendorf DP camp, Germany.
- Date
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creation:
circa 1929-1946
undated:
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Cyrla Elefant
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Israel Elefant family photographs
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Families.
- Geographic Name
- Germany. Poland. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Łódź (Poland) Deggendorf (Germany)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Cyrla Elefant donated the Israel Elefant family photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Mrs. Cyrla Elefant
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:32:50
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn14072
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Also in Elefant family collection
Contains materials related to the Holocaust experiences of the Elefant family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Cyrla Elefant papers
Document
The papers consist of 27 postcards dated 1938 to 1940 written by members of the Elefant family to and from Nazi-occupied Poland and two photographs taken in Dachau concentration camp after liberation in April 1945.
Elefant family papers
Document
Collection consisting of two postcards written to Israel Elefant in the Łódź Ghetto, a photograph of a black and white image of two German soldiers publicly humiliating two Jews, and a photograph of a black and white image of scenes from the Dachau concentration camp.
