Moses and Mania Leinwand family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collection consists of a wallet, documents, a manuscript, photographs, and a publication relating to the experiences of Moses and Mania Pfeffer Leinwand before and during the Holocaust in and near Przemyslany, Poland, where they lived in hiding, and after the Holocaust in Deggendorf displaced persons camp, as well as a copy of a siddur written while in hiding by Moishe Boruchowicz (Borochovitch) of Dzelechov (likely Zelechow), Poland.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Sidney and Phyllis Leinwand.