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Lt. Col. Alexander H. Rosenbaum collection

Document | Accession Number: 1996.15

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
Language
Yiddish
English
Genre/Form
Scrapbooks.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Wallace Rosenbaum

About This Document

System of Arrangement
The Lt. Col. Alexander H. Rosenbaum collection consists of a single item.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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.

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 12:59:07
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