Zofia Chorowicz Burowska collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of a doll, teddy bear, book, postcard, letter, and three photographs relating to the experiences of Zofia Chorowicz and her parents Isydor and Rachela before and during the Holocaust in Krakow and Wolbrom, Poland, and of Zofia after the war when she returned to Krakow following her liberation from slave labor.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 and 1991 by Dr. Zofia Burowska.
Date: 1930-1945

Geography: manufacture: Germany
use: Krakow ghetto; Krakow (Poland)
use: Wolbrom ghetto; Wolbrom (Poland)
recovery: Krakow (Poland)
Date: manufacture: approximately 1885-1930
received: after 1930-before 1939
recovered: after 1945 May
Geography: publication: Warsaw (Poland)
Date: publication/distribution: 1929
Geography: use: Krakow ghetto; Krakow (Poland)
use: Wolbrom ghetto; Wolbrom (Poland)
recovery: Krakow (Poland)
Date: received: after 1930-before 1939
recovered: after 1945 May
: Record last modified: 2016-11-04 09:48:16
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