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1. Brown leather satchel used by a Polish Jewish prisoner
2016.151.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.151.2
Date:
use: after 1941 December-1949 September
… about missing their old house and having moved an hour away from Będzin to share a summer place with another family transported from Oświęcim, Poland…
2. Oral history interview with Sigmund Strochlitz
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0030 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0397
Date:
interview: 1999 February 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Zasole (Oświęcim, Poland)…
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 … not only in Poland, but all over the world. We used to get newspapers, discuss articles, have -- have opinions. And all of it was very exciting. We were…
3. Oral history interview with Hanka Turner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.A.0110.15 | RG Number: RG-50.266.0015
Date:
interview: 1991 October 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oświęcim (Poland)…
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 … Auschwitz. There she was separated from mother, and remained with oldest sister for one year. Got Typhoid. Worked in commando Steiber, then marched 6 weeks to…
4. Oral history interview with Tzvi Tatarko
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.155 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0155
Date:
interview: 1993 May 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Tzvi Tatarko (born in Bedzin, Poland, in 1924) discusses his family; attending school in Sosnovitz (Sosnowiec) and Bedzin; the Zionist youth groups…
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 … RG 50.120 *0155 2 Tapes TATARKO, TZVI I 1.01 Was born in Bendzin Poland in 1924. Describes family life. 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Father was in wood…
5. Oral history interview with George Zimmerman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.441.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0857
Date:
interview: 2015 December 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…George Zimmerman (né Jerzy “Jurek” Jakub Ogurek), born on October 20, 1933 in Katowice, Poland, discusses growing up in Będzin, Poland; being an only…
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 … to Palestine and another uncle he met in Auschwitz. His father got his law degree in the Czech Republic and returned to Poland and got the job in…
6. Oral history interview with Rose Kramer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.14 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0014
Date:
interview: 1987 February 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Rose Kramer, born on January 21, 1921 in Beuthen, Germany, discusses her childhood in Bedzin, Poland; her father's death before she was born; the…
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 … ghetto, she was transported to Auschwitz, a concentration camp in Poland, where she remained until 1944. From Auschwitz, she was sent to Ravensbrück, a…
7. Oral history interview with Nathan Magier
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.80 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0080
Date:
interview: 1992 April 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Nathan Magier, born in Bedzin, Poland on May 4, 1925, describes living with his mother, father, and two brothers when the Germans invaded; the…
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 …MAGIER, Nathan RG50.233*0080 Interviewed on April 8, 1992 2 Audiocassettes Abstract Nathan Magier was living in Bedzin, Poland with his mother…
8. Oral history interview with Paul Monka
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.42 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0042
Date:
interview: 1989 May 17-1989 June 09
interview: 1989 June 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Paul Monka, born in 1920 in Bedzin, Poland, describes his childhood in Bedzin; his father's textile business; his time studying in Piotrków…
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 … camp in Poland. Paul and his brother and mother and sister went home. Paul's father was pushed into the Auschwitz group. 02:07:00 Paul loved his father…
9. Henry F. Kahn collection of Holocaust-era mail
1990.183.64 Box 2 Folder 4 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1990.183.64
Date:
inclusive: circa 1932-1985
… Dachau to the donor's grandmother, Hedwig Kahn; a Gestapo summons issued to Ferdinand Kahn; and a post-period picture postcard of Auschwitz. Additional…
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 … concentration camp. Dated July 4, 1943. Postcard addressed to Teodor Kenin in Warsaw, Poland; sent by Zofia Kenin at Auschwitz concentration camp. Postmarked June…
10. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1995.57.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.57.2
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
use: approximately 1944-1945 April 22
…Jakob Lajb Lewkowicz (1922-1996) was born in Będzin, Poland, to Judka (1885-?) and Adele (or Idla) Poremba Lewkowicz. Judka worked as a tailor…
11. Oral history interview with Jack Salzberg
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.345.48 | RG Number: RG-50.005.0048
Date:
interview: 1984 January 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jack Salzberg, born May 25, 1923, describes his life growing up in Yanov (Janów), Poland (known as Potok Złoty) in an observant, Zionist family; his…
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 …'s feelings. Salzberg was born in Yanov (?), Poland on May 25, 1923 to an observant family with inclinations towards modern Zionism. He experienced the Ghetto…
12. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1995.57.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.57.3
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
use: approximately 1944-1945 April 22
…Jakob Lajb Lewkowicz (1922-1996) was born in Będzin, Poland, to Judka (1885-?) and Adele (or Idla) Poremba Lewkowicz. Judka worked as a tailor…
13. Oral history interview with Saul Merin
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.316 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0539
Date:
interview: 2009 April 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Saul Merin born August 25, 1933 in Bendzin, Poland, describes his childhood in prewar Poland; his father Itzhak, mother, and sister Dina (born 1935…
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 … and 60,000 people – population. And it was similar to so many other places like this. It was in southwest Poland, very close to the German border, of…
14. Book of sketches printed postwar and acquired by a former Polish Jewish prisoner
Object | Accession Number: 1995.57.5
Date:
publication/distribution: 1947
received: approximately 1947
Title:
Tsurik fun Gehenem : 22 tseykhenungen fun Berl Fridler
Subtitle:
miṭ a for-ṿorṭ un ṭeḳsṭ fun Pol Ṭrepman.
Alternate Title:
Back from Hell : 22 collected sketches by Berl Friedler
… Blachownia Slaska), German-occupied Poland. Jakob was still at Blechhammer in spring 1944 when it became a subcamp of Auschwitz III (Buna-Monowitz…
15. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1995.57.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.57.1
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
use: approximately 1944-1945 April 22
…Jakob Lajb Lewkowicz (1922-1996) was born in Będzin, Poland, to Judka (1885-?) and Adele (or Idla) Poremba Lewkowicz. Judka worked as a tailor…
16. Oral history interview with Sara Karp
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.363 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0363
Date:
interview: 2000 January 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Oswiecim.…
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 …Karp, Sara RG-50.120*0363 Two video tapes In Hebrew Recorded January 6, 2000 Abstract Sara Karp was born in Bedzin, Poland in 1923. She was the…
17. Pictorial report of concentration camps acquired postwar by a former Polish Jewish prisoner
Object | Accession Number: 1995.57.4
Date:
publication/distribution: 1945
received: approximately 1945
Title:
KZ: Bildbericht aus fünf Konzentrationslagern.
Alternate Title:
KZ: Pictorial report of five concentration camps.
…Jakob Lajb Lewkowicz (1922-1996) was born in Będzin, Poland, to Judka (1885-?) and Adele (or Idla) Poremba Lewkowicz. Judka worked as a tailor…
18. Oral history interview with Shalom Hertzberg
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.64 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0064
Date:
interview: 1993 May 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Shalom Hertzberg, born 1915 in Bedzin, Poland, discusses his prosperous Zionist family; his daily Talmud studies; being an active member of the…
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 … Auschwitz. Helped by non-Jew and Kuchinski (head of Arbeits-Ansatz) who sent him in the last transport to Blechammer. http://collections.ushmm.org Contact…
19. Oral history interview with Esther Peterseil
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.177.32 | RG Number: RG-50.677.0032
Date:
interview: 2017 June 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Head shaving--Poland--Oswiecim.…
20. Zbiór planów i map (Sygn. 245)
Document | Accession Number: 2012.269 | RG Number: RG-15.236
Date:
inclusive: 1922-1990
Alternate Title:
Collection of maps and plans
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…, Łódź, Sosnowiec, Warsaw. 2. Plans of concentration camps and labor camps, e.g. Bełżec, Chełmno, Sobibór, Treblinka, Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Krakow…
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 … Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma, ul. Tlomackie 3/5, Warsaw, Poland 00‐090. Tel. 011 48 22 827 92 21. More information about this…