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Alejandro Landman family papers

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2004.185.1

Overview

Description: Consists of two memoirs, one of Alejandro (Elhanan) Landman, born in Poland in 1933. Mr. Landman reconstructed by memory his childhood diary, which relates his life in German-occupied eastern Poland between 1941-1945 (25 pages). The other memoir is of Mrs. Pepe Landman, mother of Alejandro, written from Montevideo in 1986-1987, relating the Holocaust experiences of herself and her family (67 pages). The family moved from Stanislawow to Lwow in 1941 and lived there until 1943, when they went into hiding in Buczacz. After the war, they emigrated to Uruguay. Collection also contains copies of post-war school records of Aleksander Landman in Poland (1946-1947), documents related to his family's immigration to Uruguay in 1948, and photographs he took on a trip to Stanislawow (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) in 1999.
Date: inclusive: 1986-1999
Collection Creator: Alejandro Landman

Physical Details

Language: Spanish Polish Hebrew
Genre/Form: Personal Narratives.
Extent: 1 folder

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Ukraine--Ivano-Frankivsʹka oblast'--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine--Ivano-Frankivsʹk--Personal narratives. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine--Buchach--Personal narratives. Jewish refugees--Uruguay--Biography.
Geographic Name: Ivano-Frankivsʹk (Ukraine) Lʹviv (Ukraine) Buchach (Ukraine)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Alejandro Landman in 2002.

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