Nora Orchan collection
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Overview
- Description
- The Nora Orchan collection includes a autograph book that Nora carried with her during her emigration with her siblings from Germany to Israel in 1938. Autographs and entries date 1935-1941 and include poems and drawings as well as diary entries, perhaps by Nora. The collections also includes pre-war photographs of Nora and her family.
- Date
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inclusive:
1935-1941
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Edna Kirshenbaum
- Collection Creator
- Nora Orchan
- Biography
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Nora (Naomi) Orchan (1921-1981) was born in Euskirchen, Germany to Adolph and Bertha Orchan and had an older brother and sister. Her father owned a business selling iron and auto parts and her mother helped run the business. In October 1938, Nora and her family were deported to an unknown village. Nora was able to escape and went to France, then Germany, and finally Palestine in 1938. She was in contact with her parents through the Red Cross until they were sent to Łódź and then the Lublin ghetto where they died. Nora’s brother and sister also made it to Palestine. In 1942 Nora married Nachman Glasel and they had two daughters, including Edna Kirshenbaum. They immigrated to the United States in 1957 and settled in New York.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Diaries. Autograph verse. Photographs.
- Extent
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1 book enclosure
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Nora Orchan collection is arranged as a single series.
BE 1: Autograph book. 1935-1941
Folder 1: Photographs, 1938-1939
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
- Geographic Name
- Israel--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Orchan, Nora, 1921-1981.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Edna Kirshenbaum, daughter of Nora Orchan Glasel.
- Funding Note
- The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
- Special Collection
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Save Their Stories
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-11 13:18:47
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn551490
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