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Benjamin Gantman photograph

Document | Accession Number: 2009.309.1

Contains a photographic portrait of Benjamin Gantman, taken in Marseille, France in June 1947 on the eve of his boarding the ship "Exodus."

Date
issue:  1947 June
Genre/Form
Photograph.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Benjamin Gantman

About This Document

Document Creator
Benjamin Gantman
Biography
Benjamin Gantman, his father, and brother were arrested in Antwerp, Belgium on March 2, 1942 and imprisoned in a series of prisons and finally in the Wuelzburg ILAG XIII until liberation. After liberation, Benjamin tried to make Aliyah on board the Exodus and returned to Israel on the SS Negba in October 1948.

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Received by Benjamin Gantman, Marseille, France, 1947. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Benjamin Gantman.

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright Holder
Mr. Benjamin Gantman
Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright for this collection.
 
Record last modified: 2021-05-25 15:09:39
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Contains five photographs of Menuha and Ida Gantman (donor's mother and sister) who survived the Holocaust in the Vittel internment camp in France; Jehuda Leib (donor's father); Mendel Maurice (donor's brother); and Benjamin Numa Gantman (donor).

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