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Nachman Zonabend papers

Document | Accession Number: 1993.143.3

The Nachman Zonabend papers consist of biographical materials, ration tickets, and photographs documenting Zonabend’s family from Łęczyca, Poland, his confinement to the Łódź ghetto and the work he performed there, his marriage to Ita Kuperminc, his liberation, and his work as photographer and collector of historical materials for the Main Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Jews in Poland.

Date
approximately 1932-1946  (inclusive)
Language
German
Polish
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
3 folders
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nachman Zonabend
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About This Document

Document Creator
Nachman Zonabend
Biography
Nachman (Natek) Zonabend (1918-2006) was born in Łęczyca, Poland, to Abram and Malka Rosenberg Zonabend. His family moved to Łódź in 1936, and he was forced into the ghetto in 1940. He worked in the ghetto post office and in a meat distribution center. He married Ita Kuperminc in January 1944. When the Łódź ghetto was liquidated in August 1944, Zonabend was left behind on a work detail, and he used the opportunity to hide the papers of Chaim Rumkowski and his administration as well as photographs, drawings, and paintings made by ghetto artists. He returned to the ghetto following the liberation of Łódź in January 1945 to rescue the hidden archives. He moved to Sweden in 1947.
System of Arrangement
The Nachman Zonabend papers are arranged as a single series: I. Nachman Zonabend papers, approximately 1932-1946

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Nachman Zonabend donated the Nachman Zonabend papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 and 1999. The accession formerly cataloged as 1999.261.1 has been incorporated into this collection.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Additional Accession Number
1999.261.1

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2017-10-11 08:21:45
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