Teofila Kotlewski sings

Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.610.3 | RG Number: RG-50.273.0002

Teofila Kotlewski sings songs from her childhood in prewar Poland.

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Date: Recorded: 1994 May 07
Language: Polish
Extent: 1 sound cassette : analog.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Deena Kotlewski and Adam Kotlewski

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Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music.
Personal Name: Kotlewski, Teofila.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Deena Kotlewski donated the recording of her grandmother Teofila Kotlewski to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
Additional Accession Number: 2018.559
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2020-01-23 11:11:19
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Kotlewski family collection

Document

Consists of documents and photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Dr. Moses and Teofila Vorshirm Keitelman (later Marian and Teofila Kotlewski), originally of Mielec, Poland. The documents relate to the Keitelmans' pre-war education, including Moses' training as a doctor and Teofila's as a X-ray technician. Includes post-war documents related to the family's name change to "Kotlewski," the name they used during the war, and Moses' name change to "Marian." Includes wartime and post-war photographs of the Kotlewskis, their sons George and Adam, life in Wrocław, and photographs taken with the Strójwąs family, who hid Marian and Teofila during the war.