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Maria Gunsberg and Gustav Engel collection

Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0079

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
Language
Polish
Genre/Form
Diaries.
Extent
2 folder

About This Document

System of Arrangement
The Maria and Gunsberg and Gustav Engel collection is arranged in a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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.

Rights and 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).

 
Record last modified: 2023-02-24 13:54:32
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