Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of photographs depicting the Holocaust-era experiences of Rina Nadel (Renia Zylberszac) and her friends and family, primarily in Dabrowa Górnicza, Poland.
- Date
-
inclusive:
1912-1945
- Collection Creator
- Rina Nadel
- Biography
-
Rina Nadel (born Renia Zylberszac) is the daughter of Josef and Roza (née Tobiasz) Zylberszac. She was born March 14, 1926 in Tel Aviv, where her father owned a hardware store. Renia had two siblings: a brother, Noah, who died in 1934, and a sister, Mira (b. 1935). Renia's father emigrated from Poland to Palestine in 1921. After living in Tel Aviv for four years, he went back to Poland briefly to get married and returned to Palestine via Cairo in 1925. Subsequently, the family returned again to Poland and was caught in Dabrowa when the war broke out. The Zylberszacs lived in their home on Sobieskiego Street until 1941, when they were confined to the ghetto. In March 1943 Renia was sent for forced labor in Germany. She spent one year at a textile factory in Gelenau before being sent to Langenbielau, a sub-camp of Gross-Rosen. From there she was transferred to a second sub-camp, Peterswaldau, where she was liberated by the Soviets on May 8, 1945 at the age of nineteen. Soon after the war, Renia returned to Dabrowa and found her father. He had survived imprisonment at the Gleiwitz labor camp. Her mother and sister, however, both perished in Auschwitz. Renia then went to live in Sosnowiec with three cousins, while awaiting an immigration certificate to Palestine. On May 30, 1947 Renia sailed legally to Palestine aboard the SS Providence. She married Zvi Nadel on September 7, 1948.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection has not been arranged, but a preliminary inventory is available.
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
- Jews--Poland--Dabrowa Górnicza. Jews--Poland--Sosnowiec. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec.
- Geographic Name
- Dabrowa Górnicza (Poland) Sosnowiec (Poland)
- Personal Name
- Nadel, Rina.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Rina Zylberszac Nadel.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-09 10:24:13
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514213
Additional Resources
Download & Licensing
- In Copyright - Use Permitted
- Terms of Use
- This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Request 7 Days in Advance of Visit
- Plan a Research Visit
-
Request in Shapell Center Reading Room
Bowie, MD
Contact Us
Also in Zylberszac family collection
Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Zylberszac family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Zylberszac family photographs
Document
Contains fourteen photographs of the Zylberszac family of Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.