Overview
- Description
- The collection documents the post-war experiences of Anna Gure (born Anna Gurvich), originally of Kaunas, Lithuania. Documents include a certificate issued by the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Bavaria stating that Anna was a former prisoner at the Stutthof concentration camp and a Swiss Red Cross document regarding the results of a chest x-ray. Photographs include depictions of Anna in her Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) uniform, likely in the Sankt Ottilien displaced persons camp.
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-1946
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anne Gure. In Honor of the Vabalas Family, four people to whom I owe my survival. In Memory of my grandmother Basia Kantorovich and Aunt Cilia and my friend Julia Garfunkel who all perished in the Grosse Aktion [sic], October 28, 1941.
- Collection Creator
- Anna Gure
- Biography
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Anna Gure was born Anna Valerie Gurvich on 5 January 1921 in Kaunas, Lithuania to Maria (née Kantorovich) and Salomon Gurvich. She had one brother, Samuel (later Steven, born 19 December 1935). Both she and her brother survived the Holocaust. After liberation, she worked with Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in Munich. She immigrated to the United States in 1948.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Identification card.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Munich (Germany) Sankt Ottilien (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Gure, Anna.
- Corporate Name
- HIAS (Agency)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Anna Gure.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-01 11:42:20
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Also in Anna Gure collection
Collection of photographs and documents concerning the experiences of Anna Gure (Gurvich), who worked with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in a Munich DP camp (possibly St. Ottilien); one postwar document issued by the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Bavaria, dated December 5, 1945, stating that she had been a former prisoner at Stutthof; and one Swiss Red Cross document with the results of a chest x-ray. The collection also includes a caricature of a HIAS worker created by a Hungarian refugee.
