Kurt Lewin, son of the chief rabbi of Lvov, survived the Holocaust by hiding as a young monk. As archivist Rebecca Erbelding explains, the collection of documents Lewin donated to the Museum is rare in its ability to show the changing identities of a person before, during, and after being in hiding.
< Curators Corner
One Survivor, Two Identities: The Kurt Lewin Collection
This Section
The Museum’s Collections
Browse the Collections
Look through a curated list of frequently searched collection types and themes.