Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of a prayer-book found by Marguit Loewy Borenstein [donor's mother] in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945 and a photograph of Marguit and her sister, Terka Loewy (b. 1928), taken in Nové Město, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), during the summer of 1945 soon after their liberation from Auschwitz.
- Date
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1940-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Yaakov Borenstein
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Genre/Form
- Prayer-books. Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 box
Rights & 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.
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Loewy, Marguit. Loewy, Terka.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Yaakov Borenstein.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:21:17
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521833
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