Gideon Poraz Posner collection
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Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of pre-war and post-war depictions of the Posner family, including Salomon Posner and his wife Sabina Posner, and their daughter Ester Tusia Posner, both of whom perished during the Holocaust. Also includes photographs of Salomon's son Gideon (b. 1948) and his second wife Janka Raduszycka.
- Date
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inclusive:
1937-1948
undated:
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gideon Poraz.
- Collection Creator
- Gideon Poraz
- Biography
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Salomon Posner was born in Jaworzno, Poland in 1899, fled Poland with the onset of the German occupation in September 1939. His wife, Sabina and daughter Ester Tusia Posner, born in 1927, stayed in Krakow and perished. Salomon Posner reached Uzbekistan, USSR, and in April 1942, together with a group of almost 1,000 Jewish children and adults, he came to Teheran and subsequently to Atlit, on February 18, 1943. After the war Salomon Posner married Janka Raduszycka a survivor from Łódź and their son Gideon was born in May 1948.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust survivors.
- Geographic Name
- Poland.
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 Museum in 2014 by Gideon Poraz.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:37:44
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43559
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