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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. In combat with satanic forces
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0388
…Testimony, 16 pages, typescript, about experiences in pre-war Poland (around Sosnowiec), the start of World War II, flight to the Soviet Union…
5. Blima Glikstein Nunberg testimony
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0387
…Sosnowiec (Poland)…
6. Meyer and Rachel Spitzman collection
1988.96.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 1988.96.1 | RG Number: RG-10.270
Date:
inclusive: approximately 1940-approximately 1942
…The Spitzman family lived in Sosnowiec, Poland prior to the Holocaust. Braindel and David Spitzman had eight children: Meyer (1816-2006), Helena…
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 …: The collection consists of photographs depicting Helena Spitzman, whom was hidden by a Polish family in Sosnowiec, Poland during the Holocaust, and her…
7. Cudzynowski family photographs
Document | Accession Number: 2004.251
…Consists of 23 pre-war and wartime photographs of the family of Hadassa Cudzynowski, of Sosnowiec, Poland. Many members of the family, including many…
8. Helen Saidner Spitzberg photograph
Document | Accession Number: 2003.295
…Sosnowiec (Poland)…
9. Regina Niven papers
1997.109 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 1997.109
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1939
… Hassidic Rabbi of Będzin. Also included are three letters written by Sifra Forster in Sosnowiec, Poland, to her brother, Bernard Forster, in Great Britain.…
10. 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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11. Josef Zorski photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 1999.254.1
Date:
inclusive: 1917-1941
…Zygmunt Zorski was born on February 2, 1915 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Zygmunt, his two sisters, Lusia and Mietka, and his brother, Tadeusz, lived with…
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 … (Josef’s paternal aunt) and Róża Jasny Zorski (Josef’s paternal grandmother); verso: graphite lines; dated: 1941; Sosnowiec, Poland Photographic post card…
12. Suzanne Wandersman collection
Document | Accession Number: 2016.151.1
…Sosnowiec (Poland)…
13. Basia Garfinkel Lemel photographs
Document | Accession Number: 2007.478.1
… war in Sosnowiec and Piotrolesie, Poland.…
14. 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…
15. Ajbeszyc family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2005.171.1
Date:
inclusive: 1942-circa 1960
…Gerszon Ajbeszyc was born on March 16, 1900 in Warsaw, Poland. In 1929 he moved to Sosnowiec, Poland where he was employed in the “Gentleman…
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 ….171.1 Creator: Ajbeszyc (Family : Sosnowiec, Poland) Extent: .5 linear feet (1 box) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul…
16. 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…
17. Schwarzbaum and Lesorgen families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.417.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-2009
bulk: 1945-1951
…Leon Lesorgen (1924-2009) was born Lewek Lesorgen on October 15, 1924 in Sosnowiec, Poland to Szmul Josek Lesorgen and Sara Lesorgen (née Mydlarz…
18. Szlama Kleiner papers
Document | Accession Number: 2000.306
Date:
inclusive: 1919-1947
… Kleiner, and he immediately returned to his hometown of lazy and Sosnowiec, Poland, to search for his family. When he realized that everyone but his sister…
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 … Wajsfus and his wife, Mania Wajsfus sitting on a horse (brother and sister-in-law of Szlama’s wife); dated; October 15, 1938; location: Sosnowiec, Poland…
19. Colman and Jean Steuer papers
2018.571.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 2018.571.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1970
bulk: 1946-1954
…Colman Steuer (born Kalman Sztajer, 1920-2007) was born on 24 December 1920 in Sosnowiec, Poland to Nachum and Shprinza (née Berlinsky) Steuer. He…
20. Miodownik family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2022.24.1
Date:
inclusive: 1941-1947
undated: 
…Anni Miodownik (later Anne Miodownik Fried) was born on 2 December 1938 in Sosnowiec, Poland to Bina and Abraham Salomon Miodownik. Her mother Bina…
21. 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…
22. William and Helen Luksenburg photograph collection
1988.132.4 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1988.132.4
Date:
interview: circa 1918-circa 1949
… merchant, born in Poland in 1896. His mother, Rozalia Feiner, was born in Sosnowiec in 1901. His brother Szlomo was born in 1917. The family was Orthodox and…
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 … David, 1896-1942), was a wholesale meat merchant, born in Poland in 1896. His mother, Rozalia Feiner (1901-1942), was born in Sosnowiec in 1901. His…
23. 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…
24. Moshe Sheps photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 2000.439.1
Date:
creation: circa 1925-1946
…Sosnowiec (Poland)…
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 … from Dabrowa.” 2. Photograph of a group of Jewish youth, members of “Hashomer Hadati,” a religious Zionist youth organization, Sosnowiec, Poland, 1938…
25. Oral history interview with Helene Rubin
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.177.31 | RG Number: RG-50.677.0031
Date:
interview: 2017 June 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie, Poland)…
26. Oral history interview with Mayer Glickman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.177.25 | RG Number: RG-50.677.0025
Date:
interview: 2015 November 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Mayer Glickman, born in 1926, describes growing up Jewish in pre-war Sosnovitz, Poland; the rise of antisemitism in 1939; the German invasion and…
27. 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…
28. 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…
29. 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…
30. 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…
31. Oral history interview with David Schnitzer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.136.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0209
Date:
interview: 2013 July 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec.…
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 … date, I’m fighting the Polish government to recover the property which is still in Poland in Birkenau to get my property, the owner. I should be, I am…
32. 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…
33. 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…
34. Oral history interview with Helen Luksenburg
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2007.530.1 | RG Number: RG-50.924.0003
Date:
interview: 2007 December 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie, Poland)…
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 … War it was/belonged to Poland. https://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for further information about this collection Tape 20 HELEN…
35. Esther Z. Stern collection
Document | Accession Number: 2002.479.1
Date:
creation: 1943 May-1943 July
…Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)…
36. 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…
37. Oral history interview with Gerda Weissmann Klein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.1 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0001
Date:
interview: 1992 March 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Sosnowiec, Poland; her time working in slave labor as a weaver and loom operator; her friendship with Susie Kuhn and the bet they made together while on board…
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 …, I mean, that was Poland, you know. 154 00:07:44,500 --> 00:07:45,830 And we loved Poland. 155 00:07:45,830 --> 00:07:48,910 That was at least the…
38. 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…
39. 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…
40. Oral history interview with Joseph Schein
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.179 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0179
Date:
interview: 1993 February 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, in Russian Poland, and eluding forced labor in Russia by returning to Sosnowiec. He discusses being conscripted for forced labor by the Germans in…
41. Oral history interview with Joseph Schein
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.505 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0505
Date:
interview: 1992 July 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, in Russian Poland, and eluding forced labor in Russia by returning to Sosnowiec. He discusses being conscripted for forced labor by the Germans in…
42. Oral history interview with Maria Devinki
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0432 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0002
Date:
interview: 1994 October 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)…
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 … town? Did you move at any point? No, I was in Sosnowiec too, another city. Can you spell that one too? Are they in Central Poland? Thank you. You will…
43. Rachel Gutner papers
Document | Accession Number: 1997.70
Date:
circa 1941
… the ghetto in Sosnowiec, Poland.…
44. Oral history interview with David Davis
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.030.0347
Date:
interview: 1995 August 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…David Davis (né Davidovicz), born on June 7, 1914 in Sosnowiec, Poland, describes growing up in a community with mixed religions; going to a public…
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 … your name, where you were born and the date of your birth. Hold on. Okay, Mr. Davis. Answer: My name is David Davis. I was born in Poland in 1914. My…
45. 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…
46. Wolf Percik family photograph
Document | Accession Number: 1988.119.1 | RG Number: RG-10.267
Date:
creation: 1924
…Wolf Percik, was a well established businessman in Sosnowiec, Poland and an owner of an office supplies and toy shop. He was also a member of the…
47. 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…
48. Oral history interview with Joseph Schein
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.730 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0730
Date:
interview: 1992 November 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, in Russian Poland, and eluding forced labor in Russia by returning to Sosnowiec. He discusses being conscripted for forced labor by the Germans in…
49. Oral history interview with Manoss Diamant
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.32 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0032
Date:
interview: 1993 February 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Warsaw, Poland in 1939; being forced into the Sosnowiec ghetto in 1943; being in a resistance group; the activities of the Judenrat who collaborated with…
50. 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…