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Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld papers

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.283.1

Overview

Description: The papers consist of three portrait images of Netka Putersznyt and Berisz Putersznyt, Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld's parents, and Frymeta Mortenfeld, Dwora's mother-in-law. Also included in the papers is a postcard written by Netka Putersznyt in ghetto in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland, on December 24, 1942, to her daughter Zosia Putersznyt who was interned in Ober Altstadt concentration camp.
Collection Creator: Dwora Z. Mortenfeld
Biography: Zosia Putersznyt, now Mortenfeld, was born on September 10, 1925, in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. Zosia remained in Dabrowa until December 1941, at which time she was deported to Ober Altstadt concentration camp, a sub-camp of Gross-Rosen. She was imprisoned there for three years, transferred to Parschnitz concentration camp for one year, and then returned again to Ober Altstadt.

Physical Details

Language: Polish
Genre/Form: Postcards. Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder

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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: Jewish ghettos--Poland--Dąbrowa Górnicza.
Personal Name: Putersznyt, Netka. Putersznyt, Berisz. Mortenfeld, Frymeta.
Corporate Name: Ober Altstadt (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The photographs and postcard were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld.

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