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Maria Gunsberg and Gustav Engel collection

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0079

Overview

Description: The Maria Gunsberg and Gustav Engel collection consists of a photocopy of a diary, in Polish, describing Maria Engel Gunsberg's life from 1939-1945, including time spent in hiding in Eastern Poland. Also includes a photocopy of the diary of her father, Gustav Engel, also written in hiding. Engel's diary gives extensive information about the events of the Holocaust near Tarnopol, Poland. The original diaries are located at Yad Vashem.
Date: creation: 1939 December 01-1945 May 09

Physical Details

Language: Polish
Genre/Form: Diaries.
Extent: 2 folder
System of Arrangement: The Maria and Gunsberg and Gustav Engel collection is arranged in a single series.

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).

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Hidden children (Holocaust) Jewish children. Children. Jews rescue (1939-1945) Jews--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
Geographic Name: Poland. Tarnopol (Poland)
Personal Name: Engel, Gustav. Gunsberg, Maria.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Maria Gunsberg donated a photocopy of her diary to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997. In 2010, her son-in-law, Edward Borkovsky, donated a photocopy of the diary of Gustav Engel, Maria Gunsberg's father, and requested that it be accreted to the collection.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

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