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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

Date: inclusive: circa 1915-1964
Geography: use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date: use: before 1941 September-1948 December
Geography: received: Tirana (Albania)
Date: received: 1943 October-1944 September
Geography: use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date: use: before 1941 September
Geography: use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date: use: 1939-1948
Geography: use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date: received: 1935
Geography: use: Belgrade (Serbia)
manufacture: Neuchatel (Switzerland)
Date: use: 1943-1944
Geography: use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date: use: before 1941 April 14
Geography: use: Belgrade (Serbia)
Date: use: 1939-1945
Geography: use: Belgrade (Serbia)
manufacture: Hannover (Germany)
Date: use: 1935-1941
: Record last modified: 2020-06-17 09:29:16
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