Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of the Elizabeth Koenig papers of a letter from HIAS-JCA Emigration Association to Fritz Kaufmann; an autograph book including photographs of children in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon; Elizabeth’s diary describing her life in France from February to July 1940; a 1939 map of the Hautes-Pyrénées; photographs of Elizabeth, her brother, and the La Guespy children’s house in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon; and a school report Elizabeth wrote and illustrated after arriving in America about France under the occupation. In addition, a sketchbook created by Elizabeth Kaufmann in Nazi-occupied France.
- Provenance
- Elizabeth Koenig donated the Elizabeth Koenig papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989, 1990, 1995, and 1998. Accessions previously cataloged as 1990.215, 1995.143.1 through 1995.143.5, and 1998.27.1 have been incorporated into this collection. She donated to the sketchbook was donated in 2001.
Browse 21 Items In This Collection
Elizabeth Koenig papers
Document | Accession Number: 1989.260.3
bulk: 1939-1942
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 d
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 e
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 f
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 g
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 h
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 i
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 j
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 k
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 l
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 m
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 n
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 o
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 p
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 q
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 r
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 s
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 t
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 u
Cover pages of sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 a-c
Sketchbook created by young Jewish girl in Nazi-Occupied France
Object | Accession Number: 2001.121.1 v-x
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