Overview
- Description
- Contains one videocassette about Leon Shear's trip to Poland in 1998, where in he recounts his Holocaust experiences; and copies of: one black and white photograph of the Shear family taken in Benozin, Poland, in 1933; one black and white photograph of Leon Shear three weeks after liberation in Starnberg, Germany; and one black and white photograph taken of Leon Shear's return to Auschwitz in July 1998.
- Date
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1933-1998
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- 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
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection from Chris Brown in March 1999. The collection orginally came to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum through Survior Affairs.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:57:18
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Also in Leon Shear collection
Contains materials related to the Holocaust-era experiences of Leon Shear, his family, and his friends. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Date: 1933-1998
Leon Shear photographs
Document
The collection consists of seven photographs of the friends of Leon Shear [donor] from the Displaced Person's camp in Feldafing, Germany. The photographs all date from 1945-1946, except for one dated from 1939.
Leon Shear photographs
Document
Consists of five photographs depicting Leon Shear and his friends and family members as refugees at the displaced persons camp in Feldafing, Germany, from 1945 to 1947.
Leon Shear papers
Document
One original document issued to donor by local authorities in Broumovo, Czechoslovakia, which authorized the bearer to travel by train from Broumovo vie Pilsen to Feldafing DP camp in Germany, dated 12 December 12, 1945.
