Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of three postwar Polish passports issued to Abraham and Sarah Krynski, and family photographs of the Krynski family, who survived the Warsaw Ghetto and later immigrated to the United States. Also included is an inscribed and signed print of The State of Israel by Arthur Szyk. The print is inscribed “To Sarah and Abraham with my compliments, Arthur Szyk, New Canaan, 1948.”
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1914-1948
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Boris Krynski
- Collection Creator
- Abraham Krynski
Sarah Krynski - Biography
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Abraham Krynski was born on November 25, 1889 in Novogrudok, Russia (now Navahrudak, Belarus) to Hilel Krynski and Rose Krynski (née Guzik). He was a physician by trade. Sarah Krynski was born Sara Prussak on April 21, 1892 in Płock, Poland to Kasriel Prussak and Anna Prussak (née Strzyg). Abraham and Sarah married in 1914, and their son Boris Krynski was born on January 16, 1916. The family survived the Warsaw Ghetto and immigrated to the United States after the war.
Sarah Krynski was born Sara Prussak on April 21, 1892 in Płock, Poland to Kasriel Prussak and Anna Prussak (née Strzyg). Abraham Krynski was born on November 25, 1889 in Novogrudok, Russia (now Navahrudak, Belarus) to Hilel Krynski and Rose Krynski (née Guzik). He was a physician by trade. Sarah and Abraham married in 1914, and their son Boris Krynski was born on January 16, 1916. The family survived the Warsaw Ghetto and immigrated to the United States after the war.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Passports. Photographs. Art.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as a single folder
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Poland. Holocaust survivors.
- Personal Name
- Szyk, Arthur, 1894-1951.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial in 2010 by Boris Krynski.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-28 11:28:43
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Also in Krynski family collection
The collection consists of three postwar Polish passports issued to Abraham and Sarah Krynski, and family photographs of the Krynski family, who survived the Warsaw Ghetto and later immigrated to the United States. Also included is an inscribed and signed print of The State of Israel by Arthur Szyk. The print is inscribed “To Sarah and Abraham with my compliments, Arthur Szyk, New Canaan, 1948.” Also included are 13 audio cassettes of testimony from Abraham and Sarah Krynski.
Oral history interview with Abraham Krynski and Sarah Krynski
Oral History
Abraham and Sarah Kyrnski discuss their experiences in Poland during the Holocaust; their escape from Łódź to Bialostok passing on false papers; their trip to the Warsaw Ghetto; deportations and liquidation of the ghetto; escape to the gentile side; the Warsaw Ghetto uprising; the advance of the Russian Army; and their return to Łódź.
