Elja Heifecs collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consisting of a two prisoner badges, a commemorative pin, a poster, correspondence, documents, photographs, and sheet music relating to the experiences of Elja Heifecs who was imprisoned in Riga ghetto, Kaiserwald, Muhlgraben, Stutthof, and Buchenwald concentration camps during the Holocaust and in Riga, Latvia, before, during, and after the Holocaust.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Samuel Heifetz, the son of Elja Heifecs.
- Date
- 1937-1968
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- Geography
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distribution:
Riga (Latvia)
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1937 January
- Geography
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issue:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp);
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Date
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use:
1944 August-1945 April
- Geography
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issue:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp);
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Date
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use:
1944 August-1945 April
- Geography
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issue:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp);
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Date
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commemoration:
1945 April 11
received: 1969
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:29:57
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Heifetz family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2005.567.1
Text only poster for a musical performance in prewar Riga
Object | Accession Number: 2005.567.2
Handmade prisoner badge worn by a Latvian Jewish concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2005.567.3
Handmade prisoner badge worn by a Latvian Jewish concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2005.567.4
Pin issued to a camp survivor with Buchenwald memorial Bell Tower and flags
Object | Accession Number: 2005.567.5