Overview
- Description
- Includes a copy of a fragment of an inmate list from Auschwitz. The list provides the names of 21 prisoners and their identification numbers. It also shows Helen Kopman as a member of Block #12. Also included is a more recent document giving biographical information for Helen Kopman and a chronology of her life in the concentration camps.
- Collection Creator
- Helen Kopman
- Biography
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Helen Kopman was born 24 Sept. 1924 in Warsaw, Poland. She is a survivor of Majdanek and Auschwitz.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Any use of archival materials for purposes other than research projects required prior permission from the Museum and/or the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Users shall not to publish personal information from the archival materials including names, addresses, and other information identifying specific individuals, unless the information has been deceased for more than 30 years or is related to an historical figure or a current public figure. Otherwise users will publish the information only in anonymous form, except as permitted in writing by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
- Copyright Holder
- Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camps. Women. Holocaust survivors.
- Personal Name
- Kopman, Helen.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The inmate list and notations of Kopman's biography were obtained from the Państwowe Muzeum Oświęcim-Brzezinka (State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau) by Helen Kopman in Jul. 1984. Kopman donated the documents to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum via Michael Berenbaum.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:06:42
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503400
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- Terms of Use
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