Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of banners, stone carvings, flashlights, a compass, and documents relating to the experiences of inmates, primarily Jewish, who were held by the British Army in detention camps on Cyprus after being caught attempting to immigrate into British-mandate Palestine and of British Lieutenant D.P. Grehan, who served as a commanding officer in the camps.
- Provenance
- The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
Browse 10 Items In This Collection
Carved stone book with a painted map of Cyprus and Palestine acquired by a British officer
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.2
received: Karaolos, British Army and detention camp; Famagusta (Cyprus)
creation: 1948
Carved stone book with an inscription made for a British officer by a Jewish internee in Cyprus
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.3
received: Karaolos, British Army and detention camp; Famagusta (Cyprus)
Heart shaped carved stone ashtray acquired by a British officer
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.4
received: Karaolos, British Army and detention camp; Famagusta (Cyprus)
Clip-on Daimon battery operated German flashlight acquired by a British officer
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.5
manufacture: Berlin (Germany)
Square clip-on Daimon battery operated flashlight acquired by a British officer
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.6
manufacture: Berlin (Germany)
Stein marching compass in a hinged case acquired by a British officer
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.7
manufacture: Munich (Germany)
manufacture: approximately 1939
Kibbutz Safiach red banner with a Star of David and fleur-de-lis acquired by a British officer
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.8
received: Karaolos, British Army and detention camp; Famagusta (Cyprus)
Borochov Group white flag with 2 blue stripes, yellow Star of David and fleur-de-lis acquired by a British officer
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.9
received: Karaolos, British Army and detention camp; Famagusta (Cyprus)
Hashomer Hatzair white and blue banner for Kibbutz Safiac acquired by a British officer
Object | Accession Number: 2003.465.10
received: Karaolos, British Army and detention camp; Famagusta (Cyprus)
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