Ingrid Kalanj Lyras collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0147

Overview

Description: Contains a biographical sketch, written as a letter, describing the experiences of the donor's great grandmother, Marija Obradovic Kalanj, a Bosnian Serb, who, with her family, lef tBenakovac (Bosnia) in 1937 to farm land they had purchased in Serbia. In 1941 they were forcibly expelled by ethnic Albanians and returned to Benakovac. Over the next two years various members of the family were murdered by the Nazis or Croatian Ustaša (Ustashi); Marija was shot by the Ustashi in 1943. A color photograph of a portrait of Marija and Mileta Kalanj, a color photography of the Kalanj family headstone, and a photocopy of a photograph, circa 1924, or Marija and Mileta Kalanj are included.

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.

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Ingrid K. Lyras