Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Catholic medallion worn by Sophia Reichman while in hiding in Zimna Woda, Poland.
- Date
-
use:
1942-1944
- Geography
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use:
in hiding;
Zymna Voda (Ukraine)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sophia Richman Orfanos
- Contributor
-
Subject:
Sophia Richman Orfanos
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Classification
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Christian Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Devotional objects
- Object Type
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Religious medals (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Silver colored religious medal depicting Our Lady of Czestochowa.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Our Lady of Czestochowa (Icon)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Sophia Richman Orfanos.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 12:13:17
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512897
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Also in Reichman and Weiss families collection
Collection of documents, photographs and a religious medal relating to the Reichman and Weiss families experiences during the Holocaust. The silver religious medal shows Our Lady of Czestochowa and was worn by Sophie Richman (now Sophie Orfanos) [donor] while in hiding
Reichman and Weiss families papers
Document
Collection of documents and photographs relating to the Reichman and Weiss families' experiences during the Holocaust. Inlcudes 19 photographs and one autograph album, in addition to the documents.
