Overview
- Description
- The papers consist of letters from Zofia Cygielsztrajch to her brother Mieczyslaw Cegielski during her stay in a military hospital in Lublin, Poland.
- Date
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creation:
1944
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mieczyslaw Cegielski
- Collection Creator
- Mieczyslaw Cegielski
Zofia Cygielsztrajch - Biography
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Mitch (Mieczysław) Cegielski (pen name Mark Jakobson) was born to a Jewish family in Warsaw, Poland. After the Holocaust, he immigrated to the United States and settled in Nebraska.
Zofia (Zosia) Cygielsztrajch was born in Warsaw on January 13, 1925. She lived in the Warsaw Ghetto and survived the mass deportations in the summer of 1942. In February of 1943 she escaped from the ghetto and hid at the home of Mr. Stasiak. She remained in hiding until she was liberated in September 1944. She was hospitalized from September 20, 1944 until her death on November 7, 1944. She died of consumption in Lublin, Poland.
[source: donor letter, 5-20-92]
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Hospitals--Poland--Lublin. World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--Poland--Lublin. Military hospitals--Poland--Lublin.
- Geographic Name
- Lublin (Poland)
- Personal Name
- Cegielski, Mitch. Cegielski, Zosia.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Mieczyslaw Cegielski in 1991.
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- 2024-03-20 07:22:57
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Zofia (Zosia) Cygielsztrajch photograph
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Stamped school identification photograph of Zofia (Zosia) Cygielsztrajch, at age thirteen. Image created 1938.
Zofia Cygielsztrajch letter
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Letter, written by Zofia (Zosia) Cygielsztrajch (donor's sister) in February 1943, at age nineteen, while she was in hiding in Warsaw. The letter describes living conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto, her escape of Warsaw Ghetto, and her experiences in hiding.
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"Difficult years"
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Mara Cygielstrejch reminiscences
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Contains information about the early life of Mara Cygielstrejch in Lvov (L'viv), Poland, her flight to the Soviet Union, and her eventual emigration to Israel.
