Sonia Borowik Golad collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.295.1

Overview

Description: Collection documenting the experiences of Sonia Borowik, born February 15, 1924 in Vilna, Poland [present-day Lithuania] Sonia, deported with her mother Estera Drujan Borowik and sister Vera Borowik Klott to Stutthof concentration camp from the Vilna Ghetto. Her father and brother, both deported did not survive. Her mother died in Stutthof and Sonia and Vera were deported to additional camps and liberated in Neuengamme concentration camp in April 1945. She was sent to Sweden to recuperate her sister in the Heidenheim displaced persons camp. They remained there until immigrating to the United States in 1947.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joyce Hess

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.
Copyright Holder: Ms. Joyce Hess

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Joyce Hess, daughter of Sonia Borowik Gilad.