Overview
- Description
- Collection consists of 79 postcards sent to Hildegard Krakowiak (later Schwarz), of Shanghai, by her mother, Frieda Krakowiak, of Berlin, 1939-1941; as well as autograph album of Hildegard Krakowiak, 1919-1928.
- Date
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inclusive:
1919-1941
bulk: 1939-1941
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sylvia Schwarz
- Collection Creator
- Hildegard Schwarz
- Biography
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Hildegard Schwarz, nee Krakowiak, was born in Berlin on July 20, 1909. She completed studies at the Bonn University Dental School in 1936, and immigrated to Shanghai, China, in 1938, where she practiced dentistry. In Shanghai, she met and married Austrian emigre Egon Schwarz. Both were interned by the Japanese during the occupation of Shanghai (ca. 1941-1945), and left China following liberation in 1945, settling in the Jewish emigre community of Sosua, in the Dominican Republic, in 1947. They had one daughter, Sylvia, and became citizens of the Dominican Republic in 1953. Hildegard Schwarz died in Sosua on October 4, 1977.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Postcards. Autograph books.
- Extent
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11 folders
- System of Arrangement
- Collection consists of one series, largely consisting of correspondence arranged in chronological order, plus one autograph book.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Ms. Sylvia Schwarz
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Gift of Sylvia Schwarz to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, June 2012.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-07-11 08:19:45
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