Harold Fishbein collection
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Overview
- Description
- The collection documents the post-war experiences of Harold Fishbein, Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration’s Schlachtensee DP camp (Düppel Center) near Berlin. Included is personal correspondence, a draft copy for a book he was writing about the DP camp, speech outlines and miscellaneous documents, and over 400 photographs depicting Fishbein, Schlachtensee DP camp, and displaced persons.
- Date
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inclusive:
1941-1949
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz
- Collection Creator
- Harold Fishbein
- Biography
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Harold Fishbein was the Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's Displaced Persons camp, Schlachtensee, from 1945 to 1948.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Correspondence. Manuscripts. Speeches.
- Extent
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3 boxes
1 oversize folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as four series:
Series 1: Correspondence, 1941-1949
Series 2: Draft copy of Fishbein’s book about the Schlachtensee camp
Series 3: Outlines for speeches and miscellaneous documents
Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1945-1948
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
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Germany--Schlactensee. Displaced persons camps.
- Geographic Name
- Schlachtensee (Berlin, Germany) Ulm (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Fishbein, Harold. Kaufherr, Joseph. Strauss, Max.
- Corporate Name
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz donated the Harold Fishbein collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 2, 2003.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-23 13:46:49
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513013
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Also in Harold Fishbein collection
The collection consists of a Torah-style scroll, correspondence, a manuscript, and photographs relating to the experiences of Harold Fishbein, Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's (UNNRA) Schlachtensee displaced persons camp near Berlin, Germany, after the war.
Date: 1941-1949
Torah-style scroll and case signed by residents of Schlachtensee DP camp
Object
Torah-style scroll with blue velvet cover bearing the signatures of several residents of Schlachtensee DP camp in post war Germany. The scroll was dedicated to Harold Fishbein and dated 1946, in honor of Fishbein’s 25th wedding anniversary.
