Overview
- Description
- Contains documents relating to Antoni Czerniewski (donor’s father), a graduate of the Vilna University and Warsaw Academy of Arts, who as a lieutenant in the Polish Army taken POW and imprisoned in Oflag XI B in Germany; his older brother, Dr. Aleksander Czerniewski was executed by the Soviets in April 1941 in Katyn. The collection includes a notebook Antoni Czerniewski kept during his imprisonment; sketches of the altar in Vilna; documents and photographs from beforeand after the war; documents relating to his immigration to the US in December 1946; and a letter from Czesław Miłosz, c. 1981.
- Date
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inclusive:
1930-1996
bulk: 1930-1956
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stefanie Czerniewski
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Antoni Czerniewski papers are arranged in 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
- Prisoners of war--Germany.
- Geographic Name
- Germany. Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Personal Name
- Czerniewski, Antoni. Milosz, Czeslaw.
- Corporate Name
- Oflag XI B (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Acquired by Antoni Czerniewski (donor's late father) during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Stefanie Czerniewski.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-01 11:41:47
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Documents: relating to Antoni Czerniewski (donor's late father) a graduate of the Wilno (Vilnius) University and Warsaw Academy of Arts; Lieutenant in the Polish Army taken POW and imprisoned in Oflag XI B in Germany; his older brother, Dr. Aleksander Czerniewski was executed by the Soviets in April 1941 in Katyn. The collection includes a notebook Antoni Czerniewski kept during his imprisonment; sketches of the altar in Wilno, documents and photographs from before the war and after the war; documents relating to his immigration to the US in December 1946 and a letter from Czeslaw Milosz, c. 1981.
Plomyk (Poland) [Magazine]
Object
Plomyk magazine featuring drawings by Antoni Czerniewski, a Lieutenant in the Polish Army, who was taken POW and imprisoned in Oflag XI B in Germany. He was a graduate of Vilna University and Warsaw Academy of Arts. His older brother, Dr. Aleksander Czerniewski, was executed by the Soviets in April 1941 in Katyn.
