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Rena Herzog papers

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.103

Overview

Description: 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
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rena Herzog
Collection 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.

Physical Details

Language: Polish Russian Yiddish Latin
Genre/Form: Certificates. Identification cards. Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Rena Herzog papers are arranged as a single folder.

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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

Topical Term: Medical students--Poland--Wrocław. Medical students--Uzbekistan--Samarqand. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Soviet Union. Refugees, Jewish--Soviet Union. Jews, Polish--Soviet Union. Repatriation--Poland.
Personal Name: Herzog, Rena. Fleszel, Sara. Lewit, Abram. Lewit, Chaja Fleszel. Lewit, Sima. Lewit, Wiktor. Lewit, Helenka Kacenelbogen. Mandelbaum, Stella. Lipszyc, Sabina. Lichtensztajn, Blimka. Gold, Helenka. Globus, Natek. Gold, Izik.

Administrative Notes

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

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