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Abram Shnaper Papers on the Monument to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs

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Abram Shnaper, born in Lodz, Poland and raised in Vilna, immigrated to Philadelphia in 1949. Shnaper, a Holocaust survivor of the Klooga concen-tration camp in Estonia, was a founding member and long-time president of the Association for Jewish Holocaust Survivors, later renamed the Association for Jewish New Americans, and Co-chairman of the Committee for the Monument in Memory of the Six Million Jewish Martyrs. Shnaper married Luba Koenigsburg in 1947 with whom he had two daughters, Sara and Marion. Shnaper died April 28, 2014.

The Abram Shnaper Papers on the Monument to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs contain correspondence in English and Yiddish, meeting minutes, press releases, and printed material related to the formation of the Committee for the Monument in Memory of the Six Million Jewish Martyrs, the commissioning of the monument sculpted by Nathan Rapoport and its installation and dedication, and the annual Yiskor service at the monument site. The collection also includes one scrapbook of newspaper clippings containing articles from local and national newspapers in English and Yiddish about the committee's activities and the monument, a guest book for distinguished visitors, and six photograph albums detailing the erection and unveiling of the monument located at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and N. 16th Street, the annual Yiskor service, and related committee events. Notable correspondents in the collection include Nathan Rapoport, Dalck Feith, and Louis E. Seltzer.

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Donated by the estate of Abram Shnaper by Sara Shnaper Schonbach, executor, in 2014 and 2015.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared in April 2015 by Jessica M. Lydon, Associate Archivist. Collection inventory added to finding aid April 2019 by Jessica M. Lydon, Associate Archivist.

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Collection is open for research.

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The Abram Shnaper Papers on the Monument to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. The creator/donor has not assigned their rights to Temple University Libraries. Other creators' intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to them or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Correspondence, Nathan Rapoport, sculptor on Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs, 1960-1964.
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence, general, 1961.
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence, general, 1962.
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence, general and cornerstone dedication programs and press releases, 1963.
Box 1 Folder 4
Committee for a Monument in Memory of the Six Million Jewish Martyrs articles of incorporation, 1963.
Box 1 Folder 5
Address at monument dedication, 1964.
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence, general, 1964.
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence, general, 1965.
Box 1 Folder 8
Tax return form 990-A, 1964.
Box 1 Folder 9
Photograph album, 1963-1965.
Box 1 Folder 10
Photograph album, 1965-1968.
Box 1 Folder 11
Correspondence, general, meeting minutes, newsletters, press releases and event programs, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 12
Correspondence, general and event programs, 1967-1969.
Box 1 Folder 13
Photograph album, 1969-1971.
Box 1 Folder 14
Photograph album, 1972-1980.
Box 2 Folder 1
Photograph album, 1981-1986.
Box 2 Folder 2
Photograph album, 1987-1988.
Box 2 Folder 3
Distinguished visitors guestbook, 1965-1999.
Box 2 Folder 4
Scrapbook, 1961-1986.
Box 3 Folder 1
Newspaper clippings, 1964.
Box 3 Folder 2

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