us-005578-irn92318-irn548845
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archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Irena Veisaite, born on January 9, 1928 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Following her parents divorce in 1938, she lived with her mother in Kaunas. Irena attended a Yiddish school. Plans were made for Irena to escape to Helsinki but the day she was supposed to leave, the war started in Poland. I June 1941, the Germans invaded. Irena’s mother was arrested while recovering from kidney surgery and imprisoned. It is believed she was executed in mid-July 1941. In August 1941, Irena, her grandparents and an aunt were imprisoned in the Kovno ghetto. With the help of family friends, the Strimaitis family, Irena escaped the ghetto and survived the war in hiding.
date: 1943-circa 1949
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had subject: 874
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn548845
is or was included in: us-005578-irn92318
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The Irena Veisaite photograph collection is arranged in a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The Irena Veisaite photograph collection consists of two photographs related to the Kovno Ghetto. One photograph is a photograph of Margaret Kagan, Irena Veisaite's cousin, was taken in the Kovno Ghetto in 1943. A Star of David patch is visible on left lapel of her jacket The second photograph is a photograph of Moses Braun, the director of the Jewish Hospital in the Kovno Ghetto, taken after the war, circa 1945-1949.
title: Irena Veisaite photograph collection