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Kalman and Pauline Barakan collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Kalman and Pauline Pajes Barakan in Poland during and after the World War II, including their repatriation and lives in Łódź until 1968, when they again became refugees and immigrated to the United States.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Linda Anselmo, executor for the Estate of Kalman and Pauline Barakan.
Date
1940-1960
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Kalman and Pauline Barakan papers

Document | Accession Number: 2009.196.1


Prayer book

Object | Accession Number: 2009.196.2

Geography
publication: New York (N.Y.)

Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of Valor) medal and presentation box awarded to a Jewish conscript in the Soviet Army

Object | Accession Number: 2009.196.3 a-b

Geography
issue: Poland
Date
commemoration:  1944
Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of Valor) medal and presentation box awarded to a Jewish conscript in the Soviet Army

Przodownikom Pracy [Socialist Hero of Labor] lapel medal issued to a Jewish official postwar

Object | Accession Number: 2009.196.4

Geography
issue: Łódź (Poland)
Date
issue:  approximately 1955
Przodownikom Pracy [Socialist Hero of Labor] lapel medal issued to a Jewish official postwar

Medal for Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 awarded to a Jewish Polish veteran of the Soviet Army

Object | Accession Number: 2009.196.5

Geography
issue: Poland
Date
commemoration:  1941-1945
Medal for Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 awarded to a Jewish Polish veteran of the Soviet Army
 
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