David and Lisa Eizenberg collection
Consists of photographs and documents from the collection of David and Lisa Eizenberg. Includes photographs of David's work with the Joint Distribution Committee and HIAS in displaced persons camps near Berlin following World War II; of the voyage of the Champollion, which brought displaced persons--including a large group of children to Palestine in April 1946; pre-war family photographs; and some prints published by George Kadish of images from the Stroop Report. Also includes David Eizenberg's 1946 passport; copies of personal correspondence; and letter from the Jewish Agency noting that David Eisenberg [sic} will accompany the Champollion.
- Date
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inclusive:
1930-1953
bulk: 1945-1948
- Extent
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3 folders
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the family of David and Lisa Eizenberg
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Record last modified: 2023-08-24 13:46:46
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Also in David and Lisa Eizenberg collection
The collection consists of a coat, vest, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of David and Lisa Eizenberg before and after the war in Germany when David worked with the Joint Distribution Committee and HIAS assisting displaced persons in Germany and Palestine.
Date: 1930-1958
Coat worn by a female German Jewish member of the Red Orchestra resistance group
Object
Coat worn by Lisa Gervai-Egler, probably postwar when she returned to Berlin after being liberated from a concentration camp. During the war, while Lisa was a student at the Berlin Museum School of Fine Arts, she joined an anti-Nazi resistance movement known as the Rote Kapelle (Red Orchestra). This group smuggled coded messages on troop movements and other strategic information to the Russian Front. Lisa was captured while on a mission in Poland and imprisoned by the Germans. Toward the end of the war, she met an American soldier, David Eizenberg, who was serving as a Russian translator. David remained in Germany after the war ended in May 1945, working with the Joint Distribution Committee and HIAS in displaced persons camps near Berlin. He and Lisa met again and married in 1946.
Vest worn by a female German Jewish member of the Red Orchestra resistance group
Object
Vest worn by Lisa Gervai-Egler, probably postwar, when she returned to Berlin after being liberated from a concentration camp. During the war, while Lisa was a student at the Berlin Museum School of Fine Arts, she joined an anti-Nazi resistance movement known as the Rote Kapelle (Red Orchestra). This group smuggled coded messages on troop movements and other strategic information to the Russian Front. Lisa was captured while on a mission in Poland and imprisoned by the Germans. Toward the end of the war, she met an American soldier, David Eizenberg, who was serving as a Russian translator. David remained in Germany after the war ended in May 1945, working with the Joint Distribution Committee and HIAS in displaced persons camps near Berlin. He and Lisa met again and married in 1946.
