Overview
- Description
- The collection primarily documents the prewar and postwar experiences of the Schwarzbaum and Lesorgen families, originally of Sosnowiec, Poland, and consists of biographical and immigration documents, restitution paperwork, and photographs. The bulk of the material documents the postwar experiences of Fela Schwarzbaum (Fela Lesorgen) and Lewek Lesorgen (Leon Lesorgen) as displaced persons prior to immigration to the United States, where they later met and married. Documents include identification cards, vaccination cards, immigration documents, correspondence, and clippings. Photographs include prewar and postwar depictions of Fela, Leon, and their families.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1920-2009
bulk: 1945-1951
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Regina Corush, Sheila Domash and Seymour Lesorgen. This gift is made in memory of their parents Leon Lesorgen and Fela Schwarzbaum Lesorgen
- Collection Creator
- Leon Lesorgen
Fela Lesorgen - Biography
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Leon Lesorgen (1924-2009) was born Lewek Lesorgen on October 15, 1924 in Sosnowiec, Poland to Szmul Josek Lesorgen and Sara Lesorgen (née Mydlarz). He had one brother, Wolf Lesorgen (b. 1921). Leon was a survivor of Blechhammer subcamp of Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen, Buchenwald, and Langenstein-Zwieberge subcamp of Buchenwald. He immigrated to the United States in 1949 and settled in Chicago, IL. Leon married fellow survivor Fela Schwarzbaum, also from Sosnowiec, and they ran Leon’s Delicatessen. Leon and Fela had two daughters, Regina and Sheila, and a son, Seymour.
Fela Lesorgen (1925-2009) was born Fela Schwarzbaum on August 7, 1925 in Wrocław, Poland to Jakob and Regina Schwarzbaum. She later lived in Sosnowiec. She was forced to move into the Sosnowiec ghetto, and in March 1944 was deported to the Gross-Rosen subcamps of Waldenburg and Grünberg. Fela immigrated to the United States in 1951 and settled in Chicago, IL. She met and married fellow survivor Leon Lesorgen, also from Sosnowiec, and they ran Leon’s Delicatessen. Leon and Fela had two daughters, Regina and Sheila, and a son, Seymour.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Identification cards. Correspondence.
- Extent
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3 folders
1 oversize folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Schwarzbaum and Lesorgen families papers is arranged in a single series.
Folder 1 of 3. Documents, 1945-2009
Folder 2 of 3. Restitution paperwork, 1949-1970
Folder 3 of 3. Photographs, circa 1920-1950
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Ms. Regina Corush
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Regina Corush donated the Schwarzbaum and Lesorgen families papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-03-28 10:39:07
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