Leo Melamed collection
Collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of a crayon box, documents, and a publication relating to the experiences of Lejb Melamdowicz (Leo Melamed) and his family before and during the Holocaust when they fled Bialystok, Poland, to Vilna, and then Kobe, Japan, until reaching the United States in 1941.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Leo Melamed.
- Date
- approximately 1939-approximately 1941
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- Geography
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received:
Kobe-shi (Japan)
- Date
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received:
1941 January-1941 March
- Geography
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received:
Kobe-shi (Japan)
- Date
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received:
1941 January-1941 March
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Record last modified: 2023-02-24 12:13:02
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Wooden crayon box received by a Polish Jewish refugee boy in school in Japan
Object | Accession Number: 2001.235.2
School book received by a Polish Jewish refugee boy in school in Japan
Object | Accession Number: 2001.235.23
