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Sonja Milner collection, 1944-1945

Document | Accession Number: 1988.86.1 | RG Number: RG-10.261

The photographs depict Schneiur and Shlomo Trabska dressed in Polish Army uniforms, their cousin of who was a rabbi, and Siegfried Mendel from Gniewkowo, Poland.

Date
inclusive:  circa 1929-approximately 1939
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder

About This Document

Document Creator
Schneiur Trabska
Shlomo Trabska
Biography
Schneiur Trabska and his brother Shlomo Trabska both served in the Polish Army in the late 1930s. Schneiur, his wife, and two children all perished during the Holocaust. His brother Shlomo perished at Ponary. Their cousin, a rabbi in “Valoshien“ was murdered in Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania). Their friend or relative Siegfried Mendel survived the Warsaw ghetto, Treblinka, Auschwitz, and Dachau. He immigrated to the United States after war and died in 1951.
Shlomo Trabska and his brother Schneiur Trabska both served in the Polish Army in the late 1930s. Shlomo perished at Ponary. His brother Schneiur, his wife, and two children all perished during the Holocaust. Their cousin, a rabbi in “Valoshien“ was murdered in Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania). Their friend or relative Siegfried Mendel survived the Warsaw ghetto, Treblinka, Auschwitz, and Dachau. He immigrated to the United States after war and died in 1951.
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 by Sonja Milner in 1988.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-05-27 08:05:00
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