Benjamin Mintz collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0016

Overview

Description: Contains a collection of documents from Rabbi Benjamin Mintz (later Benjamin Minister), including notes in 1943 and 1945 regarding a prisoner at Bergen-Belsen; a Union of Czechoslovakia certificate indicating that a refugee is in Hungary; a February 1944 postcard from a refugee in Iran confirming the receipt of a food package from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (the Joint); a message from a Budapest survivor sent through HICEM to family members in May 1946; a certificate for a displaced Jewish person traveling to Lithuania in August 1944; and a Red Cross leaflet about tracing of persons.
Date: inclusive: 1943-1946
Collection Creator: COHASCO Inc.

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.

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives acquired this collection from COHASCO, a phone in catalog for historical documents and desirable collectibles in January 1999.