Overview
- Description
- Collection photographs and identification cards documenting the experience of Zehava and Jehoshua Epstein [donor and husband] during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. The collection includes identification cards issued to them in Poppendorf Displaced Persons camp stating that they were on board the Exodus 1947 and forced to return to Germany from Haifa. Identification photos of each, post-war photographs with friends and family dated 1946-1947 and a photo of Zehava Epstein taken in Łódź, Poland, dated 1941. The couple met while on board the Exodus.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zehava Epstein
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Identification cards.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Corporate Name
- Exodus 1947 (Ship)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Zehava Epstein.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:17:39
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518571
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