Overview
- Description
- The Kresch family collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and identification documents related to the Kresch family of Poland. The collection consists of a wedding invitation for the wedding ceremony of Annie Kurtz and Herman Kresch, May 24, 1912; a Polish passport issued to Hyman Kresch in New York, 1921; a Certificate of Naturalization issued to Hyman Kresch, October 4, 1948; a letter written by Gitla Kersch Riss in Czortków, Poland to her brother Hyman Kresch in New York, dated February 1933; and a postcard written by Gitla Riss in Czortków to her brother Hyman Kresch, circa March-April 1940. The photographs include a photographic portrait of Sara Kresch in Rzeszów, Poland, undated; a photographic portrait of Izak Itche Kresch and Mindl Kresch in Przemyśl, Poland, undated; and a photograph of an unidentified relative in Germany, undated.
- Date
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inclusive:
1912-1940
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Holly Blum
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Postcards. Photographs. Passport. Certificates. Identification documents.
- Extent
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1 oversize folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Kresch family collection is arranged in a single series.
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
- Ms. Holly Blum
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Curatorial Affairs Department
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Holly Blum donated the Kresch family 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.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:50:05
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