Overview
- Description
- Collection of photographs, correspondence and document (Registration/Identity Card) of the Zyndorf and Rosenbaum families in Bedzin and Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland before the war, during the war in the Srodula ghetto, in the Bobrek concentration camp a sub-camp of Auschwitz, ILAG XVVII in Austria, and after the war in the Landsberg displaced persons camp. Fela Zyndorf (donor's mother) was imprisoned in the Bedzin ghetto, the Bobrek forced labor camp, and in the Peterswaldau forced labor camp. Szlamek Rosenbaum (donor's father) survived nine forced labor and concentration camps, including Buchenwald and Allach. The couple got married in the Landsberg DP camp.
- Date
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inclusive:
1933-1946
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hanna Rosenbaum-Erlichman
- Collection Creator
- Hanna Rosenbaum-Erlichman
- Biography
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Fela Zyndorf and Szlamek Rosenbaum, Hanna's parents, married on March 27, 1947 in the Landsberg DP camp. In May 1947, Fela was able to reach Palestine and their daughter Chana was born in November 1947. During that time, Szlamek Rosenbaum worked for the "Bricha" making sure that Jewish survivors of the Holocaust like himself and his wife Fela were able to reach Eretz Israel. Fela survived the Bedzin ghetto Bobrek and Peterswaldau forced labor camps; Szlamek survived nine forced labor and concentration camps, among them Buchenwald and Allach.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Photographs.
- Extent
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2 folders
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
- Corporate Name
- Bobrek (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Dr. Hanna Rosenbaum-Erlichman donated the Zyndorf and Rosenbaum family collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
- Funding Note
- The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-26 12:35:23
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50235
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