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Rena Herzog papers

Document | Accession Number: 1998.103

The papers consist of twelve photographs, three identification cards, and four documents relating to Rena Herzog's family before World War II in Poland, during the war in the Soviet Union, and after the war in Poland.

Date
inclusive:  circa 1892-1948
Language
Polish
Russian
Yiddish
Latin
Genre/Form
Certificates.
Identification cards.
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rena Herzog

About This Document

Document Creator
Rena Herzog
Biography
Dr. Rena Herzog was born Sara Lewit on June 11, 1926 in Warsaw. She was the only daughter of Abram Lewit, a dyer, and Chaja Fleszel Lewit, a weaver. The family lived in Warsaw, but in November 1939 they fled Poland via Janów Podlaski to Orsza in Belorussia, USSR. In 1941 they escaped to Samarqand, Uzbekistan, USSR. Rena attended medical school there starting in 1944. In June 1946 the Lewit family repatriated to Wroclaw, Poland. Rena continued her medical studies and graduated in 1949. On August 12, 1952 Rena Lewit married Leon Herzog and the young couple moved to Warsaw. In 1971 they emigrated from Poland to Stockholm, Sweden.
System of Arrangement
The Rena Herzog papers are arranged as a single folder.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Rena Herzog in 1998.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-09-30 08:15:24
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