Overview
- Description
- The three photographs in the collection are studio portraits of Wallace Witkowski in 1945, Wallace Witkowski and his sister in 1946, and Wallace Witkowski's mother in 1943.
- Date
-
inclusive:
1943-1946
- Collection Creator
- Wallace A. Witkowski
- Biography
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Wallace A. Witkowski was born in 1928 in Kielce, Poland, to a Polish Catholic family. His father was a chemical engineer, and his mother was a teacher. The Germans occupied Kielce in 1939. Wallace witnessed pogroms against Jews in 1942. Wallace was active in the resistance, acting as a courier between partisan groups. In 1946, in liberated Poland, Wallace witnessed the Kielce pogrom. He emigrated to the United States in 1949.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is in the order in which received
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
- Personal Name
- Witkowski, Wallace A., 1928-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Wallace Witkowski donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:10:54
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