Overview
- Description
- Consists of scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, books, family tree information and clippings regarding the life and Holocaust experiences of Moses and Ruth Rontal. Moses, originally of Vilna, was the chief cantor in Radom prior to the war; he lost his wife and daughter in the Holocaust, survived several concentration camps, and met Ruth Gold, who also lost her husband and children in the Holocaust, in the Dachau concentration camp. They married in Stuttgart in April 1946 and arrived in the United States in May 1946, where Moses Rontal continued his work as a cantor. Includes photographs of immediate post-war life, documentation of their wedding and of Rontal's work as a cantor.
- Date
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inclusive:
1914-1995
Physical Details
- Extent
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2 tapes.
- Extent
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4 folders
1 oversize folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Rontal, Moses.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Ruth Rontal donated her late husband's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:51:09
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501020
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