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Miriam Pomerantz Weissman Photographs, ca. 1926-1946.

Document | Accession Number: 1991.176 | RG Number: RG-10.462

The photographs depict the funeral for Miriam Weissman's grandfather in Konstantynów, Poland, in 1926; her mother, four brothers, and sister in 1920; and Miriam Weissman with her cousin, Dr. I. Goldberg, and other Holocaust survivors at a wedding at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in 1946.

Date
inclusive:  1920-1946
Language
German
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Miriam Weissman

About This Document

Document Creator
Miriam Weissman
Biography
Miriam Weissman (born Michla Pomerantz) is the daughter of Abraham and Chaja. She was born on October 25, 1926 in Konstantyinowo, Poland. She had four older brothers and a sister. Michla lived in the ghetto in Wolkowysk, Belarus from 11/2/42-1/43, and was sent to Auschwitz. She remained in Auschwitz from January 1943 until liberation her liberation in January, 1945 at the age of nineteen. After liberation she stayed in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp before immigrating to the United States on the Marine Perch July 1946.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Miriam Pomerantz Weissman in 1991 and cataloged as part of the unification project on April 5, 2009.
Additional Accession Number
1991.231
1992.12

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.

Copyright Holder
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
 
Record last modified: 2022-05-03 14:12:18
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