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1. Photograph of members of "Hanoar Hazioni"
Document | Accession Number: 1990.229
Date:
creation: 1939 May
…The photograph of the Zionist youth organization "Hanoar Hazioni" (No`ar ha-Tsiyoni) taken in May 1939 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Sitting from left to…
2. Sally Suss papers
Document | Accession Number: 1992.75
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1943
…Sally Suss was born Sara Nudelman on 20 December 1925 in Sosnowiec, Poland.…
3. Sztorchan family photograph collection
2013.91.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 22
Document | Accession Number: 2013.91.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1952
… (1919-2006) was born on July 25, 1919 in Sosnowiec, Poland. She was the youngest daughter of Abram and Golda Eugenia Rakoszynska Sztorchan and had an…
4. Oral history interview with Hannah Lushan
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.495.14 | RG Number: RG-50.061.0014
Date:
interview: 1981 March 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec.…
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 … growing up. OK. I was born in Sosnowiec, Poland. And I was the oldest. I had two younger sisters. And we were a middle class family. Oh. It's OK? That OK…
5. Sendzischew and Mottes family papers
2015.594.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 31
Document | Accession Number: 2015.594.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1918-1995
…David Sendzischew (1918-1997) was born in Sosnowiec, Poland to tailor Jacob and Eva Sendzischew. He had two siblings. He worked as an electrician at…
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 …-1995 Accession number: 2015.594.1 Creator: Sendzischew family (Sosnowiec :Poland) Additional creator: Mottes family (Sosnowiec :Poland) Extent: .5 linear…
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6. Akta miasta Sosnowca (Sygn. 776/I)
Document | Accession Number: 2007.270 | RG Number: RG-15.132M
Date:
inclusive: 1902-1945
bulk: 1939-1945
Alternate Title:
Records of the city Sosnowiec
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Jews--Sosnowiec (Poland)--History.…
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 …@ushmm.org for further information about this collection http://collections.ushmm.org 3 Indexing Terms Jews‐‐Sosnowiec (Poland)‐‐History. Holocaust…
7. Rina Nadel photographs
Document | Accession Number: 2003.345.1
Date:
inclusive: 1912-1945
…Jews--Poland--Sosnowiec.…
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 … preliminary inventory is available. Indexing terms Person: Nadel, Rina Topical Subject: Jews--Poland--Dabrowa Górnicza. Jews--Poland--Sosnowiec. Jewish ghettos…
8. Rose Kaplovitz papers
1996.A.0576.2 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0576.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1947
…Rose Kaplovitz was born Rózia Zaks (Saks) on September 6, 1930 in Sosnowiec, Poland, to Mendel and Hindel (Helen) Zaks. Her parents owned a grocery…
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 … history: Julie Schweitzer, September 2019 Biographical note Rose Kaplovitz was born Rózia Zaks (Saks) on September 6, 1930 in Sosnowiec, Poland, to Mendel…
9. Records of the Staatliche Polizei Verwaltung Sosnowitz O/S, 4 Revier Czeladź (Sygn. 171)
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0034 | RG Number: RG-15.033M
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1945
…Contains information about the activities of the police in Sosnowiec, Czeladź , and Katowice, Poland; air raid defense; and treatment of Jews by…
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 … Contains information about the activities of the police in Sosnowiec, Czeladź, and Katowice, Poland; air raid defense; and treatment of Jews by police forces…
10. Rose Silberberg Skier papers
1999.A.0121 Box 1 Folder 11 Image 27
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0121
Date:
inclusive: 1929-1999
bulk: 1929-1958
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec.…
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 …) Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945) – Children. Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945) – Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors. Jewish ghettos – Poland – Sosnowiec…
11. Oral history interview with Bella Tovey
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.28 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0028
Date:
interview: 1992 January 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Bella Tovey discusses how life changed in Sosnowiec, Poland, and persecutions increased for Jews after the German invasion; how the Germans…
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 …,300 --> 00:05:12,540 Most people in Poland, if they lived in cities or big towns, 81 00:05:12,540 --> 00:05:14,310 did not live in private homes. 82 00:05:14…
12. 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
…, Skarżysko-Kamienna, Szczecin, Sosnowiec, Zawiercie. 4. Plans of diverse administrational districts related to Poland, Germany, USSR and other European…
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 …, Szczecin, Sosnowiec, Zawiercie. 4. Plans of diverse administrational districts related to Poland, Germany, USSR and other European territories. System…
13. Helen Preiss collection
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0578 | RG Number: RG-10.174
Date:
inclusive: 1943-1945
… 19, 1943, in which she describes her deportation from Sosnowiec, Poland; life in "Landschut Camp" (Landeshut concentration camp); and her transfers to…
14. Oral history interview with Benjamin Fisk
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.232.0029
Date:
interview: 1982 November 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Benjamin Fisk (né Berck Fiszlinski), born September 26, 1922 in Sosnowiec, Poland, describes his family and childhood; his family’s religious life…
15. Oral history interview with Joseph Schein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.120 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0120
Date:
interview: 1992 October 22
interview: 1992 July 30
interview: 1992 November 12
interview: 1992 December 17
interview: 1993 February 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Joseph Schein discusses his childhood is Sosnowiec, Poland; his experiences with antisemitism, and how his plans to immigrate to the United States…
16. Oral history interview with Zelda Piekarska Brodecki
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.H.0336 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0041
Date:
interview: 1989 September 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Zelda Piekarska Brodecki (Americanized name, Sonia Brodecki), born on July 27, 1928 in Sosnowiec, Poland, describes her family; the German occupation…
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 … Poland, Sosnowiec [Ger: Sosnowitz], July 27, 1928. Q: Would you, can you tell us about your family life? A: My immediately family was my mother, mine…
17. Regina Bader family correspondence
2016.368.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 2016.368.1
Date:
inclusive: 1942-1943
…-Rosen, and her family were mostly living in a ghetto in Sosnowiec, German-occupied Poland. Translations of each letter and postcard are included with the…
18. Oral history interview with Erna Elerat
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.35 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0035
Date:
interview: 1993 March 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)…
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 … regarding exterminations were believed. Describes meeting Obersturmfuehrer Lindner who was in charge of all of the Jewish camps in occupied Poland. She was…
19. Oral history interview with Hannah Fisk
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.232.0030
Date:
interview: 1983 January 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)…
20. 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
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)…
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 … bilingual (German/Polish) city of Katowice, Poland and was brought up in nearby Benjin (?). He was an only child and lived with his parents and grandparents…
21. Oral history interview with Dov Dafner
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.030.0283
Date:
interview: 1994 September 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Dov Dafner, born on August 27, 1916 in Sosnowiec, Poland, describes working as a professional soccer player in his youth; enlisting in the Polish…
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 …. A:I'm born August 27, 1916 in Sosnowitz, this is Poland. That was on the border from 1916 there was a war, and there was a triangle over there…
22. Oral history interview with Lillian Wishnefsky
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.74 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0074
Date:
interview: 1986 December 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Lillian (Lili) Wishnefsky (née Kupferberg), born in Sosnowiec, Poland in December 1929, describes her father, who was a merchant and her mother a…
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 … Restrictions: No restrictions Libr. Catlg. #: D 810.J4 G7 no. 105 SUMMARY Lillian Wishnefsky, née Kupferberg, was born in Sosnowiec, Poland in December 1929. Her…
23. Oral history interview with Henry Drobiarz
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.21 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0021
Date:
interview: 1992 March 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Henry Drobiarz, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, describes growing up in Kozlow, Poland; attending public school and cheder; his siblings; his family…
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 … Sosnowiec, Poland 10 00:00:29,300 --> 00:00:36,370 and then I was living all the time in Kozlow, Poland. 11 00:00:36,370 --> 00:00:39,760 When I was seven…
24. Oral history interview with Henry Kress
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2000.91.34 | RG Number: RG-50.493.0034
Date:
interview: 1993 February 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Henry Kress (né Heniek Krzesiwo), born on July 26, 1924 in Sosnowiec, Poland, describes his family life and childhood; his parents, sister, and close…
25. Oral history interview with Irene Weber
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0337 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0247
Date:
interview: 1989 September 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Irene Weber, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, describes her family; attending a Polish school until she was about 10 years old, when the war began; the…
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 … begin by telling me your complete name and where you were born. Answer: My complete name is Irene Weber. I was born in Poland, in a city, Sosnowiec. Q…
26. Bella Tovey papers
Document | Accession Number: 1990.31
Date:
1941-1943
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec.…
27. Oral history interview with Bella Jakubowicz Tovey
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.351.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0236
Date:
interview: 1990 February 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Bella Jakubowicz Tovey, born on September 18, 1926, in Sosnowiec, Poland, describes growing up in a Jewish family; the German invasion of Poland in…
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 … Jakubowicz in Polish. Q: When were you born? A: I was born on September 18 in 1926. Q: And where were you born? A: In Sosnowiec [Ger: Sosnowitz]. Q: Where…
28. Oral history interview with Gitla Klajman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.294.45 | RG Number: RG-50.693.0045
Date:
interview: 2011 April 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Gitla Klajman Greenbaum Shadman, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, on August 16, 1925, describes her family; completing seven years of elementary education…
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 …Interview with Gitla Klajman April 29, 2010 Interviewer: Andrea Stutman Gitla Klajman Greenbaum Shadman was born in Sosnowiec, Poland, on August…
29. Oral history interview with Leo Korona
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.349 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0349
Date:
interview: 1981 August 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)…
30. Karl Akiva and Ella Huppert Schwarz papers
2004.273.1 Box 1 Folder 16 Image13
Document | Accession Number: 2004.273.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1981
bulk: 1939-1948
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec.…
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 …‐‐Calabria. Jewish ghettos‐‐Poland‐‐Sosnowiec. Geography: Palestine‐‐Emigration and immigration‐‐History‐‐20th century. Genre/Form: Correspondence…
31. Oral history interview with Olek Elchanan Minc
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.214.11 | RG Number: RG-50.617.0011
Date:
interview: 1980 November 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Olek Elchanan Minc, born August 31, 1925 in Sosnowiec, Poland, discusses his childhood and education; his father, who was a finance broker and a hero…
32. Oral history interview with Henry Goldstein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.268 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0268
Date:
interview: 1990 August 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Henry Goldstein, born on September 9, 1924 in Sosnowiec, Poland, discusses pre-war life in Poland; antisemitism; working in Sosnowiec and smuggling…
33. Lea Gleitman papers
Document | Accession Number: 1998.99
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1942
…The papers consist of one letter written by Sabina Posner (donor's mother) and Miriam Posner (donor's sister) in Sosnowiec, Poland, to Sabina…
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 …’s brother Josef Ernst in Detroit, Michigan; dated September 9, 1940; in German; Sosnowiec, Poland .2 Photographic print; black and white image of two young…
34. Oral history interview with Roman Frayman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.37.5 | RG Number: RG-50.765.0005
Date:
interview: 2006 March 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Roman Frayman, born in Sosnowiec, Poland in 1938, describes the impact of the German invasion on his family; being rounded up with the other Jews in…
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 … Holocaust Survivor • Born in Sosnowiec, Poland, in 1938 • Narrowly escaped being shot in the Srodula ghetto and bayonetted at a work camp with his parents…
35. Oral history interview with Pauline Kleinberg
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.232.0053
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)…
36. Oral history interview with Rose Liberman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.10.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0219
Date:
interview: 2014 February 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)…
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 …: I was born in Poland. Q: In what city were you born in? A: Kielce. Q: And what year, what day and what year? A: July 20, 1927. Q: Let’s talk a little…
37. Oral history interview with Mendel Halberstam
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.274 | RG Number: RG-50.610.0001
Date:
interview: 1975-1986
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)…
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 …: In Sosnowiec, Poland. Q: The number of children in your family, not including yourself, boys and girls if you can recall. MMH: Certainly. In my present…
38. Luba and Harry Weinroth papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.658.1
Date:
inclusive: 1932-1950
…, 1925 in Sosnowiec, Poland where his father was watchmaker and jeweler. There were six children in the family: Sofi, Chaim, Srulek, Alek, Josel and Frieda…
39. Oral history interview with Victor Sullaper
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2012.296.7 | RG Number: RG-50.710.0007
Date:
interview: approximately 2005
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Victor Sullaper, born in 1921 in Sosnowiec, Poland, discusses his family; growing up in Paris, France after moving with his family in 1930; their…
40. Oral history interview with Sonia Brodecki
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2003.207 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0071
Date:
interview: 2003 July 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)…
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 …Sonia Brodecki discusses living in a ghetto in Poland; her experiences returning to Poland after the end of the war; living in a displaced persons…
41. Oral history interview with Hilda Thieberger
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0095.84 | RG Number: RG-50.163.0084
Date:
interview: 1989 July 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)…
42. Oral history interview with Regina Faigenbaum
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.81 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0081
Date:
interview: 1984
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Regina Faigenbaum, born in Rzeszów, Poland on January 22, 1926, discusses her childhood and family in Rzeszów; her family's move to Sosnowiec, Poland…
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 … in Poland prior to the start of the war. When the Germans arrived in Sosnowiec, they murdered the most prominent Jews. Regina's father's beard was…
43. Oral history interview with Fredka Mazia
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.102 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0102
Date:
interview: 1991 February 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Fredka Mazia, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, describes her early Jewish life and Zionist activities; her family’s attempt to leave Sosnowiec but…
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 … videocassettes (VHS), User copy SUMMARY: Fredka Mazia - a member of Hanoar Hazioni in Zaglembie, Poland. Gives accounts about events in Bedzin and Sosnowiec…
44. Oral history interview with Menachem Granek
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.49 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0049
Date:
interview: 1992 September 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… and working on the Autostrada with Russian POWs; being injured and going to a hospital in Sosnowiec, Poland; returning home; going to Sosnowiec; helping…
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 … Grossharne[?] to work on Autostrada with Russian POWs. After he was injured he went to a hospital in Sosnovits and after that jhome to Chepitz [?] 2.01 In June…
45. Henry and Fay Bialowas collection
Document | Accession Number: 2006.460.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1942-1943
…) and from her mother, Hinda Gerschenowitz, who was confined to the ghetto in Sosnowiec, Poland. The collection also includes photographs found by Maks…
46. Oral history interview with Sam Seltzer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1315 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1315
Date:
interview: 1983 April 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Sam Seltzer discusses his childhood in Sosnowiec, Poland; his experiences during the German invasion in 1939; the changes he experienced during the…
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 … when the German Army marched 11 into our town. 12 Q. Which is where Where are you from 13 A. Which is -- am from Susnowieq Poland. This 14 is south…
47. Rachel Gutner papers
Document | Accession Number: 1997.70
Date:
circa 1941
… the ghetto in Sosnowiec, Poland.…
48. Oral history interview with Motek Kinderlerer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0586.98 | RG Number: RG-50.407.0098
Date:
interview: 1996 September 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Motek Kinderlerer, born September 23, 1920 in Sosnowiec, Poland, describes his parents and five siblings; working as a shop assistant; being in Lviv…
49. Jacob Reimer and Gustawa Zabramna Tenenbaum papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.555.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1933-2000
…Gustawa (Gerda) Zabramna Tenenbaum (1913-2000) was born in Sosnowiec, Poland, to David and Ruchla Landau. She was married to Moses Zabramny and had…
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 …) Zabramna Tenenbaum (1913-2000) was born in Sosnowiec, Poland, to David and Ruchla Landau. She was married to Moses Zabramny and had one son, Shalom. The…
50. Oral history interview with Tola Gilbert
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.232.0032
Date:
interview: 1983 July 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Tola Gilbert, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, discusses her parents and childhood; experiencing antisemitism; the Jewish community in Sosnowiec; her…