William Goldfarb obtained the collection after the deaths of his parents, Elimelech and Roza Goldfarb. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection from William Goldfarb on Dec. 8, 1998, at the Museum's New York office as part of the Year 2000 displaced persons camp project collecting effort. William Goldfarb sent a document to be added to his family's collection on Feb. 25, 1999. He later sent fifteen black and white photographs on Mar. 5, 1999.