Overview
- Description
- Collection of documents, photographs, and correspondence recording the operations of Betar commissionership in Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust. Handwritten and typed correspondence sent to the head of the commissionership and the commander of the ship "Pentcho," Yehoshua Halevi Zitron.
- Date
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1940-1949
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of portions of this collection was made possible by the Philip and Janet Levin Foundation
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Photographs.
- Extent
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2 folders
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
- Corporate Name
- Pentcho (Steamship)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-01 14:32:55
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn561784
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- Terms of Use
- This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.
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