Overview
- Description
- Collection of copy prints, including pre- and post-war images of the Himmelfarb family and a portrait of Chaim Himmelfarb taken following liberation; and a photographic print portrait of donor’s cousin Irving who found Chaim in Frankfurt, Germany in 1945.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Henry Himmelfarb
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 Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Acquired by Henry Himmelfarb during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. Donated by him to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-01 11:41:30
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47909
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Also in Henry Himmelfarb collection
The collection consists of a prisoner badge and copy and photographic prints relating to the experiences of Chaim (Henry) Himmelfarb before and after the war in Germany and as a concentration camp inmate in Germany during the Holocaust.
Date: approximately 1945
Red triangle badge with the letter P worn by a concentration camp inmate
Object
Prisoner badge worn by Chaim Himmelfarb when he was imprisoned in a concentration camp. The inverted red triangle is marked P 14991, his prisoner number. He removed it from his concentration camp uniform the day he was liberated by the U.S. Army, April 23, 1945.
