Overview
- Description
- The Ruth Kantor collection consists of pre-war photographs of family members of Joseph and Ruth Kantor in Poland, as well as a photograph of the Kantors, circa 1980s-1990s. The collection also includes two postcards sent from the Birkenau concentration camp, 1943. One postcard appears to be addressed from Ruth’s mother to Ruth Kantor.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Correspondence. Postcards.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Ruth Kantor 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
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Poland.
- Personal Name
- Kantor, Ruth. Kantor, Joseph.
- Corporate Name
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Ruth Kantor donated the Ruth Kantor collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
- 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:
- 2023-02-24 13:46:15
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500215
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