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Gina Kaeser papers

Document | Accession Number: 2006.255.1

Papers consist of documents, letters, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the experiences of Heinrich and Gustava Skovronsky [donor's parents] during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. Some of the photographs were saved by Gustava while in the concentration camps by keeping them wrapped up in her hair with a comb.

Genre/Form
Photographs.
Letters.
Identification documents.
Extent
3 folders
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gina Kaeser

About This Document

Document Creator
Gina Kaeser
Biography
Gina Kaeser was born in Illinois to Holocaust surivors Henry (1910-1988) and Gustava Skrovonsky (1909-1990). Henry was born in Poland and survived the Auschwitz and Mauthausen concentration camps. Gustava was born in Warsaw, Poland to Joseph Goldzweig-Thursz and Felicia Weisholt and survived the Bergen Belsen, Majdanek, Mauthausen, and Poniatowa concentration camps. Their son Jerome Fein (1929-1974) was also born in Poland and survived the Holocaust.

Keywords and Subjects

Topical Term
Jews--Poland.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Geographic Name
Poland.

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Gina Skovronsky Kaeser.

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2023-02-24 14:24:30
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