Holcman family photograph collection

Document | Accession Number: 2004.408.1

The collection consists of seven photographs documenting the Holcman family in Gąbin (Gombin), Poland, before and during the Holocaust.

Topical Term: Jews--Poland--Gąbin--1930-1940.
Forced labor--Poland--Gąbin--1930-1940.
Personal Name: Holcman family.
Bauman, Hela.
Zychlinsky, R., 1910-
Friedland, Welwek.
Holcman, Meir.
Holcman, Abram Icchak.
Holcman, Hersz Lejzor.
Holcman, Sara.
Holcman, Josef Lajb.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The pre-war photographs were gathered in Aug. 1939 in Gąbin, Poland, by Yeshayahu "Shaike" Bruk, Meir Holcman's cousin. The wartime photographs were gathered in Gąbin by the Ettinger brothers who liberated the town with the Soviet Army in 1945 and recognized Meir Holcman's family. They later transferred the photographs to Meir Holcman. The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Ada Holtzman Meir Holcman's daughter.
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2019-12-05 21:19:56
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