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Memoirs of Irene Arnold

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1218

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Overview

Description: The Memoirs of Irene Arnold consist of a 71 page testimony in which she describes her childhood and upbringing in New York, work with the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) as part of a team sent to Lisbon under the auspices of the United States Committee for the Care of European Children (USCOM) in 1942, and postwar work with UNRRA in Europe.
Collection Creator: Irene Arnold

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Personal Narratives. Memoirs.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Memoirs of Irene Arnold is arranged as 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

Personal Name: Arnold, Irene.
Corporate Name: American Friends Service Committee United States Committee for the Care of European Children United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Irene Arnold donated the Memoirs of Irene Arnold 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:: 2023-08-25 15:51:52
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