Overview
- Description
- Testimonies. Various versions, including news accounts, of story of Turner's experiences in occupied Poland/Lithuania, including correspondence from Yad Vashem and others interested in her story.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Mrs. Edith Turner
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:47:48
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500468
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Also in Amos and Edith Turner collection
Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Turner family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Amos and Edith Turner papers
Document
The collection consists of 22 loose photographs and seven photographs mounted to a velvet cardboard backing, depicting the experiences of Ita Singer in Glembokie, Poland, and Amos Turner donors in Zawiercie, Poland, during World War II. Also includes Alexander Turner's memoirs describing his early life in Zawierce; meeting and marrying Hela [Chaja] Turner in 1924 and immigrating to Palestine in 1925, where their son Amos was born in 1926; returning to Zawierce; the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939; and the family’s ultimate deportation, Amos to a slave labor camp and Alexander and Hela to Auschwitz, where Hela was killed immediately.