Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Rosary relating to Irena Schwarz's experiences as a hidden child in Poland.
- Date
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use:
1942-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irena Schwarz
- Contributor
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Subject:
Irena Schwarz
Physical Details
- Classification
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Christian Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Devotional objects
- Object Type
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Rosary (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Strand of deep red beads connected with metal loops to wrapped wire beads, crucifix attached in center.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 0.380 inches (0.965 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, glass
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The rosary was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Irena Schwarz.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-01 09:00:07
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512004
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Also in Irena Schwarz collection
Consists of a rosary and cross and an autograph album and invitation, dated circa 1942-1945, relating to the donor's experiences as a hidden child in Poland. Also includes photographs depicting the donor, her birth family before the Holocaust and her war time rescuer, Janina Sycz. Irene (Irena) Schwarz is the author of "A Holocaust Love Story," published in Israel in 2000.
Date: 1931-1946
Cross owned by a hidden child
Object
Cross relating to Irena Schwarz's experiences as a hidden child in Poland.
Irena Schwarz papers
Document
Autograph book and invitation, dated circa 1942-1945, relating to Irena Schwarz's experiences as a hidden child in Poland. The eight photographs depict the Irena Schwarz [donor] and her family before the Holocaust and her war time rescuer, Janina Sycz.
