Overview
- Description
- The collection relates to members of Jenny Eisenstein's family, containing numerous photographs of people Jenny sang for, either at weddings or bar mitzvahs. The collection includes: miscellaneous photographs of Jews (some are annotated) collected by Jenny from Jewish refugees living in Canada which contain Yiddish or Hebrew, Polish, and English annotations (circa 1920-1935, circa 1946-); miscellaneous correspondence, identification papers, passport (Polish), etc., relating to the immigration of Herz Mordcha Kohn to Canada (circa 1927-1930); a Canadian passport issued to Morris Ricer (circa 1981); and fourteen photographs with duplicates (circa 1940-1946) which were annotated indicating some relevance to the Holocaust.
- Date
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inclusive:
1920-1981
- Collection Creator
- Jenny Eisenstein
- Biography
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Jenny Eisenstein was born Jadzia Oksenhendle in Dzialoszyce, Poland in 1927, and grew up in Będzin, Poland. She had four siblings. During the Holocaust she was a prisoner at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. After the war the Red Cross sent her to Sweden. In Sweden she studied voice, becoming a professional singer in 1950. She married Jacov Eisenstein in 1946. After briefly living in Israrel Jenny immigrated to Canada.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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5 folders
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is chronological
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
- Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
- Personal Name
- Eisenstein, Jenny. Eisenstein family.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was compiled by Jenny Eisenstein before and after the Holocaust. In Sept. 1993, she donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:02:48
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