Paul Blank photograph collection
Loading
Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of post-war photographs depicting Holocaust survivor Paul Blank standing with fellow survivors and American soldiers in front of the memorial monument at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Zeilsheim, Germany.
- Date
-
creation:
1946
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Denise Blank Landman
- Collection Creator
- Paul Blank
- Biography
-
Paul Blank (1923-2011, some records place his birth on 2 July 1925) was born Pajasch Blank on 2 July 1923 in Bełżyce, Poland to Berek Blank and Gita Feld. He had two sisters and two brothers. After the German invasion of Poland he was likely in the Bełżyce and Bedzin ghettos. He was deported to the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, and sent to the Flossenbürg concentration camp on 4 August 1944. He was transferred to the Dachau concentration camp on 5 April 1945 and liberated in May while on a death march. After liberation, he was in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp until he immigrated to the United States in 1946 aboard the SS Marine Perch.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
-
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
- 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
- Topical Term
- Holocaust survivors.
- Geographic Name
- Zeilsheim (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- Personal Name
- Blank, Paul, 1923-
- Corporate Name
- Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Denise Blank Landman, daughter of Paul Blank.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:29:58
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn556034
Download & Licensing
In-Person Research
- Available for Research
- Plan a Research Visit
-
Request in Shapell Center Reading Room
Bowie, MD
