Joel Elkes collection
Collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of original and typescript copies of letters sent by Dr. Elkhanan Elkes, head of Kaunas [Kovno] ghetto, to his children in England. It also includes a drawing of Dr. Elkes on his deathbed in the Dachau concentration camp, uniform trousers worn by Dr. Elkes in Dachau, and a memorial book of the Schwabbe Gymnasium.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Dr. Joel Elkes, the son of Dr. Elkhanan Elkes.
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- Date
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creation:
approximately 1944 October
- Geography
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use:
Dachau (Concentration camp);
Dachau (Germany)
- Date
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use:
approximately 1944 July-1944 October
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Record last modified: 2020-04-23 11:04:44
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Elkhanan Elkes Papers
Document | Accession Number: 1999.86
Drawing of Elkhanan Elkes on his death bed in the Dachau concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 1999.86.3
Concentration camp inmate uniform pants worn by an inmate in Dachau
Object | Accession Number: 1999.86.4
