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Hanka Gorenstein papers

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.0741

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Overview

Description: The Hanka Gorenstein papers consists of a photograph of Hanka Gorenstein as a young woman and a re-transcribed memoir describing her experiences in Kamieniec Podolski and the Łuck ghetto, escaping the ghetto liquidation, hiding under a non-Jewish identity and working as a farmhand in Wołyń, and returning to Łuck after the war. In addition to the Polish version of the memoir, the collection also includes an English translation of the same.
Date: inclusive: 1940-1994
Collection Creator: Hanka Gorenstein
Biography: Hanka Gorenstein (1923-2007) was born Chana Piterman in Osowa, Poland to merchants Meir Piterman and Sara Piterman (nee Erlichgrecht) and was raised in Łuck (now Lutsk, Ukraine). She attended the university in Lwów and happened to be on a university trip to Kamieniec Podolski (now Kamyanets-Podilsky, Ukraine) when Operation Barbarossa began. She returned to Łuck and was forced into the ghetto with her family. She survived the liquidation of the ghetto, but her family was murdered there. She lived under an assumed identity and worked as a farmhand in the Wołyń region (now Volhynia, Ukraine). After the war she married Josef Gorenstein in Vienna, and the couple emigrated to Israel.

Physical Details

Language: Polish English
Genre/Form: Personal narratives.
Extent: 3 folders
System of Arrangement: The Hanka Gorenstein papers are arranged as a single series: I. Hanka Gorenstein papers, approximately 1940, 1994

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: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors--Ukraine--Lut︠s︡ʹk. Holocaust victims--Ukraine--Lut︠s︡ʹk. Hiding places--Ukraine--Volhynia.
Geographic Name: Lut︠s︡ʹk (Ukraine) Kam'i︠a︡net︠s︡ʹ-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine) Volhynia (Ukraine)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Hanka Gorenstein donated the Hanka Gorenstein papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
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:: 2023-02-24 13:50:01
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