Overview
- Description
- Collection of photographs and documents concerning the experiences of the Kleiner, Wagman, and Schmer families before the war in Boryslaw, Poland; during the German occupation, when Hela Kleiner and her baby son Marian were in the ghetto, and later when Hela asked Michasia Sulik to take her two-year-old son Marian. Hela remained in hiding with Tadzio Schmer (later Tadeusz Gorecki), who lost his wife and children. Includes writings by Tadzio in hiding; correspondence with Jona Kleiner and other family members and friends in the Soviet Union; and postwar correspondence and photographs, including photographs fromt he Righteous Among the Nations ceremony for Michasia Sulik in Yad Vashem.
- Date
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inclusive:
1936-1957
undated:
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marian Górecki
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Photographs.
- Extent
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1 box
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
- Topical Term
- Rescues. Righteous Gentiles
- Geographic Name
- Boryslaw (Ukraine).
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Marian Gorecki in 2014.
- Funding Note
- The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-07 10:35:47
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50901
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