Henry Zguda collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of a badge, armband, letter opener, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Henryk Zguda in prewar Krakow, Poland, during the Holocaust when he was imprisoned in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Dachau concentration camps, and after the Holocaust when he returned to Poland and then emigrated to the United States.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Nancy Zguda, the widow of Henry Zguda.
Date: 1927-2000

Date: inclusive: 1937-2003
Geography: received: Krakow (Poland)
Date: received: approximately 1950
Geography: use: Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Oświęcim (Poland)
use: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
Date: use: 1942 June-1945 April
Geography: received: Krakow (Poland)
Date: received: before 1939 September
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:29:42
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