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1. Feliks Puterman and Janet Rogowsky collection
Document | Accession Number: 1992.213.4
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1992
bulk: 1939-circa 1944
…, Poland. In 1937 he moved to Paris, France to attend the École des Beaux-Arts. In September 1939 Feliks was visiting his parents in Warsaw, when Germany…
2. 11 millimeter pipe cutter placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
1992.240.28 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.28
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
…Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)…
3. Padlock placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
1992.240.26 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.26
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
…Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)…
4. Blonde haired, male, felt doll carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.13
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
5. Pipe cutter placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
1992.240.27 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.27
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
…Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)…
6. Plate with colorful, oval-shaped cartoon figures carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.7
Date:
emigration: 1939 June
manufacture: approximately 1905-approximately 1931
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
7. Teacup and saucer with blue and pink flowers carried by Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.5_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.5 a-b
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
8. White handkerchief pouch with gnomes carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.8
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
9. White handkerchief with openwork flowers carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.10
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
10. Luggage tag used by a Polish Jewish survivor
2014.426.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.426.5
Date:
use: 1946 May 10-1946 May 20
…Halina Goldwag (later Rosenberg, 1918-2013) was born in Warsaw, Poland, to Regina (née Rivka Zak, later Epstein, 1900-1972) and Moses Goldwag. Halina…
11. German Rentenbank, 1 Rentenmark note, acquired by a Polish Jewish survivor
2014.426.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.426.3
Date:
issue: 1937 January 30
publication/distribution: 1937 January 30-1945
…Halina Goldwag (later Rosenberg, 1918-2013) was born in Warsaw, Poland, to Regina (née Rivka Zak, later Epstein, 1900-1972) and Moses Goldwag. Halina…
12. Tortoiseshell pencil box and lid carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.3 a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.3 a-b
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
13. Halina Olomucki sketch of Jewish men whose beards were publicly shaved
CM_1989.331.5_001 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.331.5
Date:
creation: 1945
Artwork Title:
On a rase la barbe, Germany, 1945
Alternate Title:
The Beard was Shaved, Germany, 1945
…Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki/Olomucka) was born on November 24, 1919, in Warsaw, Poland, to Andrzej and Margarit-Hadassa Olszewski. She had an…
14. Slug pressing iron placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
1992.240.25 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.25
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
manufacture: approximately 1900
…Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)…
15. White handkerchief with a stitched border carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.9
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
16. Wehrmacht M1931 mess tin placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
1992.240.24 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.24
Date:
manufacture: 1941
use: 1943-1944 September 11
…Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)…
17. Jürgen Stroop statement
2019.234.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2019.234.1
Date:
creation: 1946 April 26
… and served as a SS commander in occupied Poland. He was charged with overseeing suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 during which he…
18. Floral pillow cover carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2005.492.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.12
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
19. Drafting kit with 18 drawing implements used by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.4 l-q front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.4 a-s
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
20. Salad plate with a floral design carried by Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.6
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
21. Luggage tag used by a Polish Jewish survivor
2014.426.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.426.4
Date:
use: 1946 May 10-1946 May 20
…Regina Goldwag (née Rivka Zak, later Epstein, 1900-1972) was born in Warsaw, Poland, to Chana (nee Kurlander, ?-1939) and Moshe Zak (?-1923). Moshe…
22. Halina Olomucki drawing of a woman and child hiding during round-up
CM_1989.331.4_001 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.331.4
Date:
creation: 1944
Artwork Title:
Ghetto de Varsovie cachette pendant la raffle, Birkenau, 1944
Alternate Title:
Warsaw Ghetto: Hideout During the Raffle, Birkenau, 1944
…Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki/Olomucka) was born on November 24, 1919, in Warsaw, Poland, to Andrzej and Margarit-Hadassa Olszewski. She had an…
23. Halina Olomucki drawing of man and children taken by armed guards
CM_1989.331.1_001 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.331.1
Date:
creation: 1943 January-1943 May
depiction: 1942 August 05
Artwork Title:
Le dernier chemin Korczak et les enfants pendant l'expulsion, Warsaw Ghetto, 1943
Alternate Title:
The Last Road for Korczak and the Children During Deportation, Warsaw Ghetto, 1943
…Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki/Olomucka) was born on November 24, 1919, in Warsaw, Poland, to Andrzej and Margarit-Hadassa Olszewski. She had an…
24. White handkerchief with a fan design carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.11
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
25. 13.5 millimeter pipe cutter placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
1992.240.29 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.29
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
…Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)…
26. Halina Olomucki sketch of a boy selling Star of David armbands
CM_1989.331.2_001 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.331.2
Date:
creation: 1941
Artwork Title:
Le marchand d'étoiles, Warsaw Ghetto, 1941
Alternate Title:
The Star Seller, Warsaw Ghetto, 1941
…Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki/Olomucka) was born on November 24, 1919, in Warsaw, Poland, to Andrzej and Margarit-Hadassa Olszewski. She had an…
27. Halina Olomucki drawing of adults embracing children afraid of being killed
CM_1989.331.3_001 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.331.3
Date:
creation: 1947
Artwork Title:
Le Ghetto de Varsovie les veillards et les enfants doivent mourir, Poland, 1947
Alternate Title:
The Warsaw Ghetto: The Old and the Young Must Die, Poland, 1947
…The Warsaw Ghetto: The Old and the Young Must Die, Poland, 1947…
28. Forced laborer identification badge worn by a Polish Jewish woman using a false identity
2014.426.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.426.2
Date:
use: 1944 December 15-1945 April
…Halina Goldwag (later Rosenberg, 1918-2013) was born in Warsaw, Poland, to Regina (née Rivka Zak, later Epstein, 1900-1972) and Moses Goldwag. Halina…
29. Green school box carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
30. Halina Olomucki drawing of emaciated women prisoners crowded in a barrack
CM_1989.331.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.331.6
Date:
creation: 1945
Artwork Title:
Le camp les litieres dans le bloc, Germany 1945
Alternate Title:
The camp of litters in the block, Germany 1945
…Halina Olszewski (later Olomucki/Olomucka) was born on November 24, 1919, in Warsaw, Poland, to Andrzej and Margarit-Hadassa Olszewski. She had an…
31. Pin box and 57 straight pins carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.14
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… Holocaust. Ina’s father, Victor, had been transported to the Warsaw ghetto sometime after his deportation to Poland. Ina’s mother, Hannah, and her grandmother…
32. There Lies Treblinka
Recorded Sound | RG Number: RG-91.0103
Alternate Title:
Treblinke Dort
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.…
33. Chil Turek papers
2015.462.1 Box 1 Folder 13 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2015.462.1
Date:
inclusive: 1927-1978
bulk: 1946-1978
…Chil Turek (1903-1971) was born in Warsaw, Poland to Isaac and Cypojra (née Goldberg) Turek. He had two brothers, Mendel and Jakov, and one sister…
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 ….462.1 Creator: Chil Turek (Warsaw :Poland) Extent: 0.5 linear feet (1 box) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg…
34. Henryk Chęciński photograph collection
2016.397.1 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 27
Document | Accession Number: 2016.397.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1939-1940
…Henryk Chęciński (1915-1944) was an amateur photographer from Warsaw, Poland. He was arrested during a random round up around 1941-1942. He was sent…
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 …-1940 Accession number: 2016.397.1 Creator: Chęciński, Henryk (Warsaw :Poland) Extent: 2 folders (45 photographs) Repository: United States Holocaust…
35. Poster stamp commemorating the Warsaw Uprising
2018.233.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.233.12
Date:
publication/distribution: 1944 August
commemoration: 1944 August 01-1944 October 02
Title:
Remember Warsaw
…Warsaw (Poland)…
36. Oral history interview with Gail Jablon
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1211 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1211
Date:
interview: 1985 March 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.…
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 … Jablon was Gusta Chapnik when she was born April 8, 1922 in Białołęka, Poland, a small town near Lublin and was raised in Warsaw. She was one of four…
37. Ita Dimant papers
1998.A.0258.2 Box 3 Folder 1 Image 63
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0258.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1932-1998
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
 …s Indexing terms Person: Dimant, Ita, 1918-2010. Topical Subject: Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives. Geography: Warsaw…
38. Ike Diamond papers
2009.107.2 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2009.107.2
Date:
inclusive: 1934-1946
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…Jews--Poland--Warsaw.…
39. Carved wooden figure of a Jewish doctor in white coat and head mirror
2016.184.106 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.106
Date:
acquired: approximately 2000
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…Warsaw (Poland)…
40. Golodetz family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.629.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1945
… branches in London, New York, and Hamburg. The family moved to Warsaw, Poland in 1920 to be near Wita’s family. In 1934 the business was accused of tax…
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 ….629.1 Creator: Golodetz (Family : Warsaw, Poland) Extent: .5 linear feet (1 box) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul…
41. Mauser P38 pistol found buried in the Kampinos Forest near Warsaw
1992.134.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.134.4
Date:
manufacture: after 1941-before 1944
found: after 1960-before 1965
…Metal remains of a German Mauser P38 pistol found buried in the Kampinos Forest near Warsaw, Poland. The P38 was originally developed by Carl Walther…
42. Bianca Perlmutter papers
2018.580.1 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 2018.580.1
Date:
inclusive: 1945-1947
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…Bianca Pearlmutter (later Lerner, 1929-2013) was born in Warsaw, Poland to Arnold Perlmutter, an affluent entrepreneur, and Stefania Perlmutter (née…
43. Warsaw liquidation photographs
2005.470 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 2005.470
Date:
inclusive: 1941-1945
…Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.…
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44. Oral history interview with Richard Staar
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2017.295.5 | RG Number: RG-50.957.0004
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Warsaw (Poland)…
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 … birth? January 10, 1923. OK. And here, I wasn't quite clear-- when your family went to Poland when you were 12 years old, I guess, they didn't go to…
45. Berkowicz family collection
1995.A.0128 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 25
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0128 | RG Number: RG-10.313
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1942
… that same year, named Rita. Joseph owned and managed a canning company in Warsaw, Poland, named Fabryka Konserw “Original.” His business exported…
46. Photograph album of German-occupied Poland
2017.481.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 28
Document | Accession Number: 2017.481.1
Date:
inclusive: 1941
…Consists of a photograph album depicting German-occupied Poland, primarily Warsaw. The album was likely compiled and captioned by Jakob Lechner, an…
47. Irena Cymerman Wojcik collection
Document | Accession Number: 1991.229.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1933-1961
…Irena Wojcik (born Irka Cymerman, 1925-2008) was born to Abram Szymon and Pesa (Kohn) Cymerman in Warsaw, Poland, and had three brothers and two…
48. Oral history interview with Hela Shipper Rufeisen
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.156.12 | RG Number: RG-50.591.0012
Date:
interview: 1996
interview: 
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.…
49. Manhole housing from the Miła Street neighborhood in the former Warsaw ghetto
1990.293.1 a-b
Object | Accession Number: 1990.293.1 a
Date:
use: 1940 October 12-1943 May 16
…Warsaw (Poland)…
50. Manhole cover from the Miła Street neighborhood in the former Warsaw ghetto
1990.293.1 a-b
Object | Accession Number: 1990.293.1 b
Date:
use: approximately 1940 October 12-1943 May 16
…Warsaw (Poland)…