Yehudit Charasz Berkowitz photograph collection
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Overview
- Description
- Collection of nine photographs documenting the donor's stay in "Kibbutz Buchenwald," a Zionist collective started by a group of survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp. In July 1945 the kibbutz was moved to Geringshof, the site of the pre-war Jewish agricultural school.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Yehudit Charasz Berkowitz
- Collection Creator
- Yehudit C. Berkowitz
- Biography
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Itka (Yehudit) survived the Łódź ghetto, where she lost her parents. In September 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. From there she was transferred to Guben concentration camp and later to Bergen Belsen concentration camp, where she was liberated on April 15, 1945.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
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
- Corporate Name
- Birkenau (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Ita Charasz Berkowitz.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-25 11:38:31
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn88646
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