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Howard Kaplan photographs

Document | Accession Number: 1992.38

The collection consists of photographs depicting the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 including burning buildings, Polish firefighters, German SS officers, and captured Jews being marched down Nowolipie Street prior to deportation. Also included is one post-war photograph depicting Hungarian troops preparing to execute Lajos Remenyi-Schneller, who was tried and convicted in 1946 of collaborating with the Nazis.

Date
inclusive:  1943-1946
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder

About This Document

Document Creator
Leszek Grzywaczewski
Biography
Leszek Grzywaczewski was a fireman in Warsaw, Poland. He and his unit were called to the burning Warsaw Ghetto, but were not allowed to intervene. They were ordered to protect buildings outside the ghetto, but to stand by and watch the Jewish ghetto burn. His family saved a number of Jews including Howard Kaplan's father.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Photographs created by Leszek Grzywaczewski, April 1943, Warsaw Ghetto, Poland. This collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Howard Kaplan in 1992.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-15 09:22:55
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