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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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Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger papers

Document | Accession Number: 1999.180.1

Date
inclusive:  circa 1880-1952
Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger papers
Defence Medal 1939-1945 and ribbon awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

Object | Accession Number: 1999.180.2

Geography
issue: Great Britain
Date
commemoration:  1939-1945
received:  1948
Defence Medal 1939-1945 and ribbon awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps
War Medal 1939-1945 with ribbon awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

Object | Accession Number: 1999.180.3

Geography
issue: Great Britain
Date
commemoration:  1939-1945
received:  1948
War Medal 1939-1945 with ribbon awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps
British Army bomb report cover acquired by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

Object | Accession Number: 1999.180.4

Date
use:  approximately 1942-1946
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