Overview
- Description
- Documents regarding Zbigniew Pankowicz's release from Buchenwald and resettlement in the United States. Includes identification cards, letters of recommendation, correspondence, United States naturalization certificate, and Honorable Discharge from the United States Armed Forces. Includes an album signed by inmates of Buchenwald concentration camp at the time of liberation.
- Date
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inclusive:
1943-1986
- Collection Creator
- Zbigniew L. Pankowicz
- Biography
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Zbigniew Pankowicz was a former member of the Polish Home Army. He lived under the pseudonym Czortwan, Szostak, Korwin, survivor of Auschwitz, No. 152895, and of Buchenwald No. 34253. After World War II, he immigrated to the United States and worked as a computer scientist at the Air Development Center at Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, NY.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Autograph albums.
- Extent
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2 folders
- System of Arrangement
- Collection is arranged in chronological order
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camp inmates--Germany--Buchenwald.
- Personal Name
- Pankowicz, Zbigniew L., 1922-1986.
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Materials were found in Zbigniew Pankowicz's apartment after his death in August 1986. They were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Emlyn Griffith, Executor for the Estate of Zbigniew Pankowicz.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:10:51
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Buchenwald inmate's autograph album
Document
The autograph album was signed by inmates of Buchenwald concentration camp at the time of liberation.