Overview
- Description
- 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).
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Benjamin Gantman
- Collection Creator
- Benjamin Gantman
- Biography
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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.
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
- 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).
- Copyright Holder
- Mr. Benjamin Gantman
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Received by members of the Gantman family, and donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Benjamin Gantman.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-12-26 14:47:46
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Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Gantman family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Benjamin Gantman photograph
Document
Contains a photographic portrait of Benjamin Gantman, taken in Marseille, France in June 1947 on the eve of his boarding the ship "Exodus."
