Piera and Meyer Solender papers
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Overview
- Description
- The Piera and Meyer Solender papers consist of two identification cards for Meyer Solender (a Jewish Community of Milan identification card and a reproduction of a Provisional identification card for civilian internee of Mauthausen) and a brief autobiographical testimony describing Piera Solender’s life.
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-1980
- Collection Creator
- Piera Solender
Meyer Solender - Biography
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Piera Solender (1916-1991) was born Piera del Strologo in Livorno, Italy. The family closed their fabric stores and relocated to Milan in 1941. In August 1943, their apartment was destroyed while they were on vacation. Her brother and his family, one of her sisters, and their father survived the rest of the war in Switzerland. Piera, her sister Nilda, and their mother traveled south and were sheltered by Gigi Corleone near Senigallia. They returned to Milan in September 1945, and Piera met Meyer Solender in 1948.
Meyer (Majer) Solender (1919-1976) was born in Tarnów, Poland, survived five concentration camps including Mauthausen. He married Piera del Strologo in 1949, and they immigrated to the United States in 1950, settling in Philadelphia.
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Piera and Meyer Solender papers are arranged as a single series: I. Piera and Meyer Solender, 1945, 1980
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Donor retains copyright of the brief autobiographical testimony. Other material 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.
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Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Bella Forman, the Solender’s daughter, donated the Piera and Meyer Solender papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993. The accession formerly cataloged as 1994.A.0134 has been incorporated into this collection.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Primary Number
- 1993.127
- Record last modified:
- 2023-03-30 15:12:12
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516230
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