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Jaša and Enica Frances Altarac families collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Jaša Altarac and his family before and during the war in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (later Serbia,) and during the Holocaust in Skopje, Macedonia, Pristina, Kosovo, and Albania and two photographs relating to the experiences of Enica Frances and her family in Albania during the Holocaust.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Jaša Altarac.
Date
approximately 1915-approximately 1964
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Jas̆a Altarac papers

Document | Accession Number: 2002.438.1

Date
inclusive:  circa 1915-1964
Jas̆a Altarac papers
Plaque from the home of a Jewish family who fled German occupied Belgrade

Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.2

Geography
use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date
use:  before 1941 September-1948 December
Plaque from the home of a Jewish family who fled German occupied Belgrade
Handkerchief with the Albanian 2-headed eagle owned by a Jewish boy who fled German occupied Belgrade

Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.3

Geography
received: Tirana (Albania)
Date
received:  1943 October-1944 September
Handkerchief with the Albanian 2-headed eagle owned by a Jewish boy who fled German occupied Belgrade
Slide rule used by a Jewish architect who fled Nazi occupied Belgrade

Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.4 a-b

Geography
use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date
use:  before 1941 September
Slide rule used by a Jewish architect who fled Nazi occupied Belgrade
Eyeglasses and case used by a Jewish man who fled Nazi occupied Belgrade with his family

Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.5 a-b

Geography
use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date
use:  1939-1948
Eyeglasses and case used by a Jewish man who fled Nazi occupied Belgrade with his family
Drafting kit used by a Jewish architect who fled Nazi occupied Belgrade

Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.6 a-z

Geography
use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date
received:  1935
Drafting kit used by a Jewish architect who fled Nazi occupied Belgrade
Copper travel clock within a brown leather case used by an imprisoned Jewish family

Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.7 a-b

Geography
use: Belgrade (Serbia)
manufacture: Neuchatel (Switzerland)
Date
use:  1943-1944
Copper travel clock within a brown leather case used by an imprisoned Jewish family
Pink embroidered dress once worn by a young girl killed in a bombing raid

Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.8

Geography
use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date
use:  before 1941 April 14
Pink embroidered dress once worn by a young girl killed in a bombing raid
Purse carried by a Jewish woman who fled German occupied Belgrade with her family

Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.9

Geography
use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date
use:  1939-1945
Purse carried by a Jewish woman who fled German occupied Belgrade with her family
Pelikan fountain pen used by a Jewish man who fled German occupied Belgrade with his family

Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.10 a-b

Geography
use: Belgrade (Serbia)
manufacture: Hannover (Germany)
Date
use:  1935-1941
Pelikan fountain pen used by a Jewish man who fled German occupied Belgrade with his family
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