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Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld papers

Document | Accession Number: 2005.283.1

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 Oberalstadt concentration camp.

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

About This Document

Document 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 Oberalstadt 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 Oberalstadt.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-10-07 13:21:06
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