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Leonard Teski photograph collection

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.345

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Overview

Description: Four photographs depicting Leonard Teski's parents, Maria Szelagowska Teski and Edward Teski, their daughter Joanna, and Janek Kon Konorski, a Jewish boy whom they hid during World War II. The first photograph depicts Maria and Edward with friends in 1938 a few months before their wedding. The second depicts, from right to left, Maria, Janek (age 7), and Joanna, the third depicts Janek and Joanna, and the fourth depicts Janek, all in August 1942 in Międzylesie, Poland.
Date: inclusive: 1938-1942
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leonard Teski

Physical Details

Language: Polish
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder

Rights & Restrictions

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: Hidden children (Holocaust)--Poland--Międzylesie. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Międzylesie.
Geographic Name: Międzylesie (Poland)
Personal Name: Teski, Edward. Teski, Maria. Teski, Joanna. Konorski, Janek Kon.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Leonard Teski in 2000.

Record last modified:: 2024-03-08 16:02:23
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