Overview
- Description
- Contains information about the Wos family from the late nineteenth century to World War II, including references to the helpfulness of Mr. Wos' father, a Polish Catholic, to Jews during the existence of the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. Additionally, gives information on Polish resistance to the German occupation of Poland; deportations; Ravensbrück; forced labor in Germany; repatriation; post war life under the communist regime in Poland; and emigration to the United States.
- Subtitle
- the dream comes true
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 folder
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- 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).
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. Women concentration camp guards. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations. Emigration and immigration. Forced labor. Genealogy. Holocaust survivors. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw. Jews--Poland--History--20th century. Poles--Crimes against. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- Geographic Name
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943.
- Personal Name
- Wos, Paul. Wos, Irena. Wos, Pawel. Madejska, Irena Wos.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The memoir/family history was created by Elena S. Whiteside as told to her by Paul Wos, Irena Wos Madejska, Odon Wos, and Wanda Wos Lorenc. The donor presumably left photocopied sections (i.e., introductory pages and chapters by Paul Wos and Irena Wos Madejska) when she visited the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Department in May 1992. That department passed on the materials (or photocopies of some) to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives ca. Sept. 1992.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:29:54
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