Overview
- Description
- Consists of photographs and documents regarding the Holocaust experiences of the Abramowicz family. The manuscript collection includes numerous family photographs (approx 100), documents showing pre-war life, post-war correspondence and identity documents while they were in hiding in Belgium.
- Date
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1924-1961
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Myriam Abramowicz
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 box
1 oversize folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Myriam Abramowicz donated her family's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jan 29, 2003.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:15:08
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Also in Lea Abramowicz family collection
The collection consists of a purse, Star of David badge, wallet, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Lea Abramowicz and her family before the Holocaust in Russia, Danzig, and Palestine, during the Holocaust when they lived in hiding in Belgium, and after the Holocaust in Belgium and the United States.
Date: 1906-1961
Black leather bi-fold wallet used by a Jewish family in hiding
Object
Black leather wallet used by Lea Abramowicz and her husband Mendel while the couple lived in hiding in German occupied Belgium from September 1942 to September 1944. Lea and Mendel were living in Brussels when Germany invaded on May 10, 1940. After the Germans began large scale deportations of Jews in September 1942, they went into hiding under the false surname Abeloos. One month later, Lea had a son, Georges, who was hidden separately. Lea and Mendel stayed in their apartment for a year and a half, then moved to the outskirts of Brussels, assisted by Oskar and Nana Ruyts. Lea eventually had to take Georges into hiding with them because he was teething and cried at night and those hiding him feared discovery. They had to move two more times as the crying made neighbors suspicious. Lea, Mendel, and Georges were liberated by American forces on September 3, 1944.
Star of David badge with letter J owned by Jewish Belgian couple
Object
Star of David badge worn by Lea or Mendel Abramowicz in Brussels, Belgium, until the couple went into hiding in September 1942. On May 27, 1942, the German authorities decreed that all Belgian Jews had to wear a Star of David badge to identify them as Jews. Belgium was invaded by Nazi Germany on May 10, 1940. After the Germans began large scale deportations of Jews in September 1942, the couple went into hiding under the false surname Abeloos. One month later, Lea had a son, Georges, who was hidden separately. Lea and Mendel stayed in their apartment for a year and a half, then moved to the outskirts of Brussels, assisted by Oskar and Nana Ruyts. Lea eventually had to take Georges into hiding with them because he was teething and cried at night and those hiding him feared discovery. They had to move two more times as the crying made neighbors suspicious. Lea, Mendel, and Georges were liberated by American forces on September 3, 1944.
Beige purse with cross stitched initials used by a Jewish woman in hiding
Object
Monogrammed cloth clutch used by Lea Abramowicz and her husband Mendel while the couple lived in hiding in German occupied Belgium from September 1942 to September 1944. The couple used the purse to store photographs and correspondence. It might originally have been Lea's mother's, Tauba Mescherowsky. Lea and Mendel were living in Brussels when Germany invaded on May 10, 1940. After the Germans began large scale deportations of Jews in September 1942, they went into hiding under the false surname Abeloos. One month later, Lea had a son, Georges, who was hidden separately. Lea and Mendel stayed in their apartment for a year and a half, then moved to the outskirts of Brussels, assisted by Oskar and Nana Ruyts. Lea eventually had to take Georges into hiding with them because he was teething and cried at night and those hiding him feared discovery. They had to move to two more times as the crying made neighbors suspicious. Lea, Mendel, and Georges were liberated by American forces on September 3, 1944.
