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Lt. Col. Alexander H. Rosenbaum collection

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1996.15

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Overview

Description: The Lt. Col. Alexander H. Rosenbaum collection consists of a handmade book which was created by liberated inmates at the Buchenwald concentration camp. The book was presented Lt. Col. Alexander H. Rosenbaum in 1945. It includes a photograph of liberated prisoners as they are about to emigrate to Palestine as well as lines from a song by Mordecai Geburtig sung in the ghetto in Kraków, Poland, and a song about Buchenwald by Percy (Peretz) Brand.

Translation:
Page 2, in Yiddish and English:
"Isaiah 21-12;/Watchman, what of the night?/Watchman, what of the night?/The Watchman said:/The morning cometh,/and also the night-/If ye will inquire/inquire ye;/return, come"
Page 4, in German
four bars of music entitled "Buchenwald. K.Z."/P. Brand
Date: creation: 1945 August
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Wallace Rosenbaum

Physical Details

Language: Yiddish English
Genre/Form: Scrapbooks.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Lt. Col. Alexander H. Rosenbaum collection consists of a single item.

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: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Immigrants--Jewish--Israel--1940-1950. Concentration camp inmates. Soldiers--United States. World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Geographic Name: Germany.
Personal Name: Rosenbaum, Alexander H. Brand, Percy. Geburtig, Mordecai.
Corporate Name: Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Wallace Rosenbaum donated the Lt. Col. Alexander H. Rosebaum collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Record last modified:: 2024-04-01 11:42:13
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