Overview
- Description
- Contains Michal Salomonczyk's memoir entitled "Wstep" that includes descriptions of his family in Kalisz and in Łódź and their experiences during the Holocaust.
- Date
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- Collection Creator
- Michal Salomonczyk
- Biography
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Michal Salomonczyk was born on May 8, 1903, in Kalisz, Poland. His father, Mosze Majer Salomończyk, was an exporter of flour and his mother, Karolina Chaja Heyman Salomończyk, took care of the home. Mosze Majer Salomończyk died in 1931, his wife Karolina Salomończyk perished in the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. Michał Salomończyk, the donor, had seven siblings:
1. Maria Salomończyk Markowicz, b. 1890, who was married to Paweł Markowicz and had two daughters: Lili Markowicz Brun and Mira Markowicz. Paweł Markowicz perished in Treblinka. His two daughters survived in hiding.
2. Herman Salomończyk, born in 1891, perished in Mauthausen concentration camp
3. Aleksander Izrael Salomończyk, born in 1892, survived the war on Aryan papers.
4. Hanka Salomończyk, born in 1900, perished in Treblinka in 1942.
5. Zofia Salomończyk, born in 1902, perished in Treblinka in 1942.
6. Ala Salomończyk, born in 1904, worked with Dr. Liebeskind in Lvov, later deported to Nadwórna, Poland and murdered there in 1942.
7. Genia Salomończyk, born in 1905, perished in Treblinka in 1943.
Michał Salomończyk married Dziunia Jetta Erlich on May 27, 1938 in Katowice, Poland. The couple and Dziunia’s sister. Ewa Estera Erlich fled Poland in 1939 to the Soviet zone of occupation. In 1940 they were deported to Sarańsk where Michał worked in a coal mine. In 1945 the Michał, his wife, and his sister-in-law, returned to Łódź, Poland..
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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4 folders
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- Conditions on Access
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- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Sopot (Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this memoir via United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Art and Artifacts on August 20, 1998. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Art and Artifacts received the memoir from Michal Salomonczyk.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-11-07 15:33:48
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Contains materials documenting the experiences of Michal Salomonczyk during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Michal Salomonczyk photographs
Document
The collection consists of 18 black and white photographs of the Salomonczyk family in Poland and the U.S.S.R. from 1925 to 1946 as well as the Erlich family, Michal Salomonczyk's wife's family, and Dr. Eliasberg and the staff of the hospital in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland.