Overview
- Description
- Contains a displaced persons certificate issued by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) to Szyja Braun in Bad Cannstatt, Germany, dated 1949; photographs depicting Szyja Braun, his brother Salomon Braun and friends they met in the displaced persons camp; and a declaration of intention filed by Sam (Szyja) Braun on February 21, 1950 regarding his intention of becoming a U.S. citizen. Szyja Yeshajahu Sam Braun was born in Breslau on May 18, 1919. He was a son of Eliasz and Gusta Alstock Braun. The family lived in Brody. Szyje and his two brothers, Salomon and Willie were the only survivors of seven siblings
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Cindy Braun Rosborough
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Certificates. 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 Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Displaced persons camps.
- Geographic Name
- Stuttgart (Germany) United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Corporate Name
- HIAS (Agency)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Acquired by Szyja Braun (donor's father), 1949-1950. Inherited by Cindy Braun Rosborough. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Cindy Braun Rosborough.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-31 07:46:14
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42221
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