Overview
- Description
- Contains one song booklet given to students in the Kassel displaced persons camp, sixty-six black and white photographs of the Goldfarb family in Kassel and Ziegenhain displaced persons camps, eight postage stamps given to children in the Kassel displaced persons camp, and twenty-two documents pertaining to the experiences of Elimelech, Roza, and William Goldfarb in the Ziegenhain and Kassel displaced persons camps.
- Date
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inclusive:
1947-1949
- Collection Creator
- William Goldfarb
- Biography
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Elimelech, Roza, and William Goldfarb lived as refugees in Ziegenhain and Kassel displaced persons camps after World War II. Elimelech Goldfarb, father of William Goldfarb, served as the camp leader of the Kassel displaced persons camp.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Postage stamps. Photographs.
- Extent
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5 folders
- System of Arrangement
- Organized in the following order: 1. Song Booklet; 2. Documents; 3. Photographs
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
- Topical Term
- Refugee children--Germany--Kassel. Refugee children--Germany--Ziegenhain (Kreis) Refugee camps--Germany--Kassel--1940-1950. Refugee camps--Germany--Ziegenhain (Kreis)--1940-1950. Refugees--Germany--Kassel--1940-1950. Refugees--Germany--Ziegenhain (Kreis)--1940-1950. Refugees, Jewish--Germany--Kassel. Refugees, Jewish--Germany--Ziegenhain (Kreis) Students--Germany--Kassel.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- William Goldfarb obtained the collection after the deaths of his parents, Elimelech and Roza Goldfarb. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection from William Goldfarb on Dec. 8, 1998, at the Museum's New York office as part of the Year 2000 displaced persons camp project collecting effort. William Goldfarb sent a document to be added to his family's collection on Feb. 25, 1999. He later sent fifteen black and white photographs on Mar. 5, 1999.
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- 2023-02-24 13:58:58
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Also in Goldfarb family collection
Contains materials documenting the Holocaust experiences of William Goldfarb and his family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
William Goldfarb collection
Document
Photographs illustrating the prewar life of William Goldfarb and his family in Goruce, Grab, and Krakow, Poland; Certificate completed by donor's father commemorating family that perished in the Holocaust, completed in Kassel, Germany
