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Mordka Knopf photograph collection

Document | Accession Number: 1990.149 | RG Number: RG-10.161

Contains seven photographs of Knopf family members dating from 1931 to 1973. Included in the collection are images of Brana Rachel Knopf, Cypora Jedwab, Mendel Nachum Knopf, Abraham Knopf, Dorka Knopf, and Simon Knopf. Also contains a photograph of a Torah scroll on exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York, N.Y. The photograph is dated 1978.

Date
inclusive:  1931-1978
Language
English
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder

About This Document

Document Creator
Mordka Knopf
Biography
Mordka Knopf (1921-2011) was born on August 5, 1921 in Zdunska Wola, Poland to Mendel Nachum Knopf and Brana Rachel Knopf (nee Russak). Mordka had two brothers, Abraham and Simon Knopf, and a sister, Dorka (Dora) Knopf. Mordka survived the Holocaust and immigrated to the United States. He married Gertrude Knopf and they had a son, Fred Knopf. Mordka Knopf died on June 18, 2011.
System of Arrangement
The Mordka Knopf photograph collection is arranged in chronological order.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Mordka Knopf donated the Mordka Knopf photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2021-11-10 12:58:25
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