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Eta Chinkes photograph collection

Document | Accession Number: 1999.120

The collection consists of four black and white portrait photographs. The photographs depict Wolf Szczekacz; his wife, Bala Sczcekacz; and their daughters, Pola and Dosia Szczekacz.

Date
inclusive:  1920-1939
Language
Polish
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eta Chinkes

About This Document

Document Creator
Wolf Szczekacz
Biography
Wolf Szczekacz married Bala Szczekacz and they had two daughers: Pola Szczekacz and Dosia Szczekacz. Wolf fled from Poland to Russia at the beginning of World War II and it is believed he died there. Bala was killed in Auschwitz and Pola and Dosia Szczekacz joined the underground and died in a shootout with the Gestapo.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Etta Chinkes.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-07-08 12:05:32
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