Overview
- Description
- A biography and family history of the mother and uncle of Eliane Ungar, Bronka (Brandla) Friedman (1925-2002) and Bernard (Berek) Friedman (1927-2015), both originally of Chrzanów, Poland. Included is a description of the history of the Jewish community of Chrzanów, the extended members of the Friedman family there and abroad, the history of the German occupation of Chrzanów and subsequent persecution and deportation of the Jews there. Also described are the wartime experiences of Bernard and Bronka as forced laborers in a number of sub-camps of Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen, Flossenbürg, Buchenwald, and Bergen-Belsen, as well as the reunion of Bernard and Bronka at Bergen-Belsen at the end of the war. They remained in Bergen-Belsen as displaced persons before immigrating to France, where Bernard married Jenny Arbeitmann in 1951, and Bronka married Hersz (Robert) Jedlinski in 1948.
- Date
-
creation:
2015
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eliane and Claude Ungar
- Collection Creator
- Eliane Ungar
Claude Ungar
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Extent
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1 folder
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
- Eliane Ungar
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Poland--Chrzanów--Biography. Jews--Poland--Chrzanów--History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Chrzanów. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany. Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen. Jewish refugees--Germany. Holocaust survivors--France--Biography.
- Geographic Name
- Chrzanów (Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Gift of Eliane and Claude Ungar, 2015.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:45:09
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn193206
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