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Sonia Manes photograph collection

Document | Accession Number: 2019.291.1

Two photographs: one of a woman and a man in uniform, the other of a man in uniform with the following inscription on the verso: "na pamiątkę dla Henka Zasyła Adam Włoszczowa 19.IV.45"

Date
creation:  circa 1945
Language
Polish
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rosalyn Friedman

About This Document

Document Creator
Sonia Manes
Biography
Sonia Manes was born Riva Dym in 1922 in eastern Poland. Her mother died from natural causes during the Russian occupation of eastern Poland. She helped obtain her father's release from a German labor camp. She escaped from the Germans and lived in the forests for three and a half years. She found a a Soviet partisan unit, reunited with her brother, and met her future husband, Hyman Manes (1924-2016) from Bilgoraj, Poland while she was with the partisans. The couple married in 1945, immigrated to the United States in 1949, and had 3 children.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Rosalyn Friedman, daughter of Sonia Manes.

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright Holder
Ms. Rosalyn Friedman
Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright.
 
Record last modified: 2020-10-08 14:29:25
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