Overview
- Description
- The Irena Veisaite photograph collection consists of two photographs related to the Kovno Ghetto. One photograph is a photograph of Margaret Kagan, Irena Veisaite's cousin, was taken in the Kovno Ghetto in 1943. A Star of David patch is visible on left lapel of her jacket The second photograph is a photograph of Moses Braun, the director of the Jewish Hospital in the Kovno Ghetto, taken after the war, circa 1945-1949.
- Date
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creation:
1943-circa 1949
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irena Veisaite
- Collection Creator
- Irena Veisaite
- Biography
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Irena Veisaite, born on January 9, 1928 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Following her parents divorce in 1938, she lived with her mother in Kaunas. Irena attended a Yiddish school. Plans were made for Irena to escape to Helsinki but the day she was supposed to leave, the war started in Poland. I June 1941, the Germans invaded. Irena’s mother was arrested while recovering from kidney surgery and imprisoned. It is believed she was executed in mid-July 1941. In August 1941, Irena, her grandparents and an aunt were imprisoned in the Kovno ghetto. With the help of family friends, the Strimaitis family, Irena escaped the ghetto and survived the war in hiding.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Irena Veisaite photograph collection is arranged in 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
- Kaunas (Lithuania). Lithuania.
- Personal Name
- Braun, Moses. Kagan, Margaret.
- Corporate Name
- Kovno ghetto (Lithuania)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Irena Veisaite donated the Irena Veisaite photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-31 12:36:01
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Blanket used in the Kovno Ghetto
Object
This blanket was used by Sara Oleiski while an inhabitant in the Kovno Ghetto. Later she carried it with her into hiding, and finally, after her capture, to a Russian prison.
