Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger family collection
Collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of two medals and a report folder, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Edmund and Helena Strassburger and their daughter, Elzbieta, in prewar Poland and during World War II when Edmund served in the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army, and Helena and Elizabeth lived in hiding in Poland, and after the war when the family was reunited in Italy and emigrated to Great Britain in 1946.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Museum in 1999 by Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger, the daughter of Edmund and Helena Strassburger.
- Date
- 1900-1946
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- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1880-1952
- Geography
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issue:
Great Britain
- Date
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commemoration:
1939-1945
received: 1948
- Geography
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issue:
Great Britain
- Date
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commemoration:
1939-1945
received: 1948
- Date
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use:
approximately 1942-1946
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Record last modified: 2019-12-05 22:28:45
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Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger papers
Document | Accession Number: 1999.180.1
Defence Medal 1939-1945 and ribbon awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps
Object | Accession Number: 1999.180.2
War Medal 1939-1945 with ribbon awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps
Object | Accession Number: 1999.180.3
British Army bomb report cover acquired by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps
Object | Accession Number: 1999.180.4
