Overview
- Description
- The scrapbook consists of photographs and clippings about Mascha Benya Matz's life in Germany as an opera singer with the Kulturbund organization.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mascha Benya-Matz
- Collection Creator
- Mascha Benya-Matz
- Biography
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Mascha Benya Matz was born Mascha Benyakonsky in 1908 in Virbalis, Lithuania. In 1931 she moved to Berlin, Germany, to study music. With Hitler's rise to power, she performed with the Kulturbund, an organization for Jewish performers who only entertained Jewish audiences. In 1938 she immigrated to the United States via Cherbourg, France.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Scrapbooks.
- Extent
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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
- Matz, Mascha Benya.
- Corporate Name
- Jüdischer Kulturbund
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The scrapbook was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Mascha Benya Matz.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 10:08:36
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522954
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