Overview
- Description
- The photograph depicts the family of Wolf Percik. People in photograph (from viewer's left to right): (Standing) Rosalie Percik Lubawski, Zygmunt Percik, Dora Percik, Ludwik Lew Percik, Maximilian Percik, Henry Percik; (Seated) Stanislaw Lubawski, Irena Percik Rosenkrantz, Wolf Percik, Felicia Percik (donor's mother). Of the people pictured, only Irena Percik Rosenkrantz and Stanislaw Lubawski survived the Holocaust.
- Date
-
creation:
1924
- Collection Creator
- Wolf Percik
- Biography
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Wolf Percik, was a well established businessman in Sosnowiec, Poland and an owner of an office supplies and toy shop. He was also a member of the town's council and local business association. Wolf was a personal friend of author Shalom Aleichem, and one of the heroes of his story "The Fiddler on the Roof." Wolf was also painted by Polish painter and writer St.Wyspianski in a "Portrait in Blue." He died of natural causes during the first years of WWII.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
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
- Jewish families--Poland--Sosnowiec.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The photograph was created by a studio photographer, Silver, in 1924 in Sosnowiec, Poland. It was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Jerzy Ros in 1988.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:10:38
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