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Anna Prager photographs

Document | Accession Number: 2003.404.1

The collection consists of photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Anna Prager (born Chana Frydman) and her family, originally of Chmielnik, Poland. Included are depictions of Anna as a child in Chmielnik, her maternal aunts and uncles, her father Ick Frydman in the Polish Army in August 1939, her family's escape to Siberia and later Uzbekistan, the Frydman and Sylman families in Kielce, Poland, on February 20, 1946, Anna and her family in in Sweden from 1946 to 1949, and Anna’s maternal grandmother and Aunt Chava.

Date
inclusive:  1930-1949
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Portrait photographs.
Extent
1 folder

About This Document

Document Creator
Anna F. Prager
Biography
Anna Friedman Prager was born as Chana Sima Frydman on January 6, 1936, in Chmielnik, Poland, to Icek and Tema Frydman. In June 1940 the Soviets expelled Tema, Icek, and Anna Frydman to Bodaybo (Bodaibo), a forced labor camp in Siberia. They were released in 1943 and migrated to Samarkand (Samarqand) in Uzbekistan. In 1945 the Frydmans immigrated illegally to Sweden and settled in Landskrona where they remained until 1949.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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 Anna Prager.

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2023-02-24 14:07:31
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Also in Anna Friedman Prager collection

Contains materials documenting the experiences of Anna Friedman Prager and her family during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

Anna Friedman Prager papers

Document

Collection consists of 21 postcards and eight letters written by different members of the Sylman family in Chmielnik to Icek, Tema and Haneczka Frydman in Siberia; dates August 1940-May 1941; location Chmielnik ghetto in Poland, in Polish.

Frydman family photographs

Document

The collection consists of photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Anna Prager (born Chana Frydman) and her family, originally of Chmielnik, Poland. Contains photographs and color slides depicting Anna's family before World War II in Poland and after World War II in Sweden, Germany, and the United States.

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