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Simone Brand Birndorf photographic collection

Document | Accession Number: 2011.190.1

The Simone Brand Birndorf photograph collection consists of black and white photographic prints of members of the Brand family of Łódź, Poland, taken before and after World War II.

Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Simone Brand Birndorf

About This Document

Document Creator
Simone Brand Birndorf
Biography
Simone Brand Birndorf (born Simonka Brand) was born in 1938 in Łódź, Poland to Stefzca and Izak Brand. At the age of three, Simone was sent to live with her paternal uncle, Felix Brand, and his wife Irka Brand, who were living in Poland under falsified papers. Her parents perished in the Holocaust. After the war, the Brand family, with Simone’s surviving paternal grandmother lived in the Zeilsheim Displaced Persons Camp in Germany before immigrating to Israel and later Canada. Simone Brand married Harold Birndoft (d. 2018), and they had three children.
System of Arrangement
The Simone Brand Birndorf photograph collection is arranged in a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Simone Brand Birndorf donated the Simone Brand Birndoft photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2021-11-09 11:24:16
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