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Margalit Bar-On collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0200

Overview

Description: The Margalit Bar-On collection consists of copies of typed and handwritten poems, some with modern photographs included, and photocopies of photographs of the Mydlarz family, originally of Łódź, Poland. The poems were written by Margalit Mydlarz Bar-On between 1973-1989. The poems describe her experiences in the Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz, Harburg, her liberation from Bergen-Belsen, and time in Sweden for recovery. She also describes her illegal immigration to Palestine, capture, and internment in Cyprus.
Date: inclusive: 1973-1997

Physical Details

Language: Hebrew English
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Margalit Bar-On 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 Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. Death marches. Emigration and immigration. Escapes. Gas chambers. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors. Human experimentation in medicine. Jewish way of life. Kristallnacht, 1938. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Songs and music. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poetry. Refugees. Stress (Psychology) Suicide.
Geographic Name: Sweden. Cyprus. Palestine.
Personal Name: Cohen, Amelia. Cohen, Fred. Cohen, Margaret. Cohn, Jenny. Collin, Margaret. Doerfler, Alma. Gregory, Morton. Hohenstein, Leo. Hunter, Walter. King, Pauline. Levy, Herman. Quintin, Josh. Reed, Hattie. Roller, Vera. Rosenstein, Anton. Miller, Jane. Mendel, Hanna. Shine, Helga. Sheldon, Sheila. Waters, Lisette. Weisz, Mindy. Wells, Amy.
Corporate Name: Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Börgermoor (Concentration camp) Gurs (Concentration camp) Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Margalit Bar-On donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997.
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:: 2023-08-24 13:58:41
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