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Sonia Beker collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of three broadsides relating to the experiences of Fania and Henia Durmashkin as members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra in Germany after the Holocaust during which the sisters had been interned in several concentration and labor camps.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Sonia Beker, the daughter of Fania Durmashkin Beker.
Date
1945-1948
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Text only poster for a performance by St. Ottilien DP orchestra

Object | Accession Number: 2008.385.1

Geography
issue: Germany
Date
issue:  1949 June 16
Text only poster for a performance by St. Ottilien DP orchestra

Text only red poster for a dance and concert performance by members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra

Object | Accession Number: 2008.385.2

Geography
issue: Germany
Date
issue:  1947 November 16
Text only red poster for a dance and concert performance by members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra

Text only yellow poster for a performance by members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra

Object | Accession Number: 2008.385.3

Geography
issue: Munich (Germany)
Date
issue:  approximately 1948
Text only yellow poster for a performance by members of the St. Ottilien displaced persons orchestra
 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:26:07
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