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Goldstein and Bursztyn family papers

Document | Accession Number: 2013.97.1

The Goldstein and Bursztyn family papers consist of Elie Goldstein's and Hela (Chajcia) Bursztyn Goldstein's diaries describing Nazi occupied Poland, the liquidation of the Siennica ghetto, their time at the Mienia labor camp, and their experiences hiding in the Polish countryside with Christian families, on farms, and in fields. The collection also includes photographs documenting the Goldstein and Bursztyn families and their friends before, during, and after the war in Poland and Germany.

Date
inclusive:  circa 1921-1947
Language
Yiddish
Polish
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Diaries.
Extent
1 box
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Estela Goldstein

About This Document

Document Creator
Goldstein family
Biography
Elie (Eliahu) Goldstein (1914-1945) was born in Siennica, Poland (Mińsk county), to David and Esther Goldsztejn. His brother Jojne (Jonas) Goldstein (1912-1998) married Hela (Chajcia) Bursztyn (1918-?) in 1942 in the Siennica ghetto. When the Siennica ghetto was liquidated, most Goldstein and Bursztyn family members were sent to Treblinka, but Jonas and Chajcia escaped to the labor camp in Mienia along with her sister Mindl (Mania) Bursztyn (1920-1943) and his brothers Elie and Schmiel Goldstein (1917-1943). When Mienia was threatened with liquidation, they returned to Siennica and its neighboring towns, hiding among the local Christian population, with the Król and Budzyński families, on farms, and in fields. Schmiel was captured in August 1943, and Mania disappeared in September. Following liberation, Elie was shot and killed by the Polish people occupying his cousin's home. Jonas and Chajcia made their way via Tirschenreuth, Germany to Bogotá, Colombia, and had three more children.
System of Arrangement
The Goldstein and Bursztyn family papers are arranged as two series: I. Diaries, approximately 1942-1944, II. Photographs, approximately 1921-1947

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Estela Esther Goldstein donated the Goldstein and Bursztyn family papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April 2013.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-04-21 19:02:17
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