Ita Rozenczwajg Dimant collection

Overview

Collection Summary

Diary: written by Ita Rozenczwajg (donor's mother) during her forced labor on a farm in Germany, 1943-1945 on parchment paper she stole from the German owners of the farm. Collection of photographs (40), pre- and post-war; false documents; wartime correspondence from Ita's rescuer's family, Brust, pre and post-war correspondence; transcript of the Polish language diary; English memoir written by Ita Dimant based on her diary; Hebrew translation of the memoir. Fake tooth that contained cyanide which was installed in the mouth of Ita Rozenczwajg by members of the Polish underground. Ita was a member of the group "Gordonia" who supplied her with the false identity of "Genovefa Zawatka." She had this tooth with her throughout the war, and almost used it once after she was caught by the Gestapo in Czestochowa. She was able to withstand their torture and convince them that she was not Jewish, and so she was sent to slave labor in Germany.

Provenance

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 and 2016 by Jacob Dimant, son of Ita Rozenczwajg Dimant.