Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Book once in the Gordonia Library, From the Unknown World: Hasidic and folk tales, found by Zofie Chorowicz after the war when she returned to Krakow, Poland, ca. May 1945 after liberation. Zofia, 18, and her mother Rachela were forced to move into the Krakow ghetto, established by German authorities in March 1941. In 1941 or 1942, they were moved to Wolbrom, Poland. During a selection on September 5, 1942, Zofia was sent to a labor camp in Krakow. Her mother was killed. In fall 1943, Zofia was sent to be a slave laborer in the HASAG factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna labor camp. In August 1944, she was transferred to the HASAG factory in Leipzig-Schoenefeld, Germany. In April 1945, the camp was evacuated and Zofia was sent on a death march. On April 29, she was liberated by British forces near Cavertitz, Germany. Zofia returned to Krakow after the war ended.
- Title
- Z Nieznanego swiata Opowiesci Chasydzkie i Ludowe [From the Unknown World: Hasidic and Folk Tales]
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1929
- Geography
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publication:
Warsaw (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zofia Burowska
- Contributor
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Author:
Icchok Lejb Perec
Publisher: Neuman & Tomaszewski
Physical Details
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
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Books (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- x, 223 p. ; 19 cm.
In Polish; Translated from Yiddish
Missing pages 1 - 4 and all pages after 188 - Materials
- overall : paper, ink
- Inscription
- on binding, handwritten, ink : 588
inside front cover, stamped, in Hebrew: Irena Bykowska Przemysl Smolki 9 / Gordonia Library, Book No. 598
inside first page, Yiddish stamp
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Zofia Burowska.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:59:28
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The collection consists of a doll, teddy bear, book, postcard, letter, and three photographs relating to the experiences of Zofia Chorowicz and her parents Isydor and Rachela before and during the Holocaust in Krakow and Wolbrom, Poland, and of Zofia after the war when she returned to Krakow following her liberation from slave labor.
Date: 1930-1945
Stuffed brown bear owned by a Polish Jewish girl and recovered postwar
Object
Teddy bear owned by Zofia Chorowicz and kept with her in the Krakow and Wolbrom ghettos in 1941 and 1942. Zofia’s parents, Isydor and Rachela, gave her the bear in the 1930’s. Zofia entrusted the teddy bear, a doll, and other family valuables to a non-Jewish Polish family, who gave them back to Zofia after the war ended in May 1945. Zofia, 18, and her mother Rachela were forced to move into the Krakow ghetto, established by German authorities in March 1941. In 1941 or 1942, they were moved to Wolbrom, Poland. During a selection on September 5, 1942, Zofia was sent to a labor camp in Krakow. Her mother was killed. In fall 1943, Zofia was sent to be a slave laborer in the HASAG factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna labor camp. In August 1944, she was sent to the HASAG factory in Leipzig-Schoenefeld, Germany. In April 1945, the camp was evacuated and Zofia was sent on a death march. She was liberated on April 29 by British forces near Cavertitz, Germany. Zofia returned to Krakow after the war ended.
Zofia Burowska collection
Document
Contains documents and photographs regarding the Holocaust experiences of Zofia (Chorowicz) Burowska and her parents. Includes a postcard Zofia received from her father, dated July 1938, and the last letter she received from her mother before she was killed. Zofia and her mother were, at first, together in a Wolbrom Ghetto outside of Krakow and Zofia managed to get out and move to a Labor Camp in Krakow (Julag.) She tried desperately to get her mother there too. She finally managed to get someone to retrieve her mother, but at that point her mother was already killed and this letter was the only thing left.
Armand Marseille doll with knit booties owned by a Polish Jewish girl and recovered postwar
Object
Armand Marseille doll with pink knit booties made for Zofia Chorowicz and kept with her in the Krakow and Wolbrom ghettos in 1941 and 1942. Zofia’s parents, Isydor and Rachela, gave her the doll in the 1930’s. Zofia entrusted the doll, a teddy bear, and other family valuables to a non-Jewish Polish family, who gave them back to Zofia after the war ended in May 1945. Zofia, 18, and her mother Rachela were forced to move into the Krakow ghetto, established by German authorities in March 1941. In 1941 or 1942, they were moved to Wolbrom, Poland. During a selection on September 5, 1942, Zofia was sent to a labor camp in Krakow. Her mother was killed. In fall 1943, Zofia was sent to be a slave laborer in the HASAG factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna labor camp. In August 1944, Zofia was transferred to the HASAG factory in Leipzig-Schoenefeld, Germany. In April 1945, the camp was evacuated and Zofia was sent on a forced march. On April 29, she was liberated by British forces near Cavertitz, Germany. Zofia returned to Krakow after the war ended.
