Overview
- Description
- The photographs depict the funeral for Miriam Weissman's grandfather in Konstantynów, Poland, in 1926; her mother, four brothers, and sister in 1920; and Miriam Weissman with her cousin, Dr. I. Goldberg, and other Holocaust survivors at a wedding at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in 1946.
- Date
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inclusive:
1920-1946
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Miriam Weissman
- Collection Creator
- Miriam Weissman
- Biography
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Miriam Weissman (born Michla Pomerantz) is the daughter of Abraham and Chaja. She was born on October 25, 1926 in Konstantyinowo, Poland. She had four older brothers and a sister. Michla lived in the ghetto in Wolkowysk, Belarus from 11/2/42-1/43, and was sent to Auschwitz. She remained in Auschwitz from January 1943 until liberation her liberation in January, 1945 at the age of nineteen. After liberation she stayed in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp before immigrating to the United States on the Marine Perch July 1946.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is chronological.
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.
- Copyright Holder
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Miriam Pomerantz Weissman in 1991 and cataloged as part of the unification project on April 5, 2009.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-28 12:51:32
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515550
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