Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Merit Cross Medal documenting the experiences of Wolf and Zofia Paszko (donor's parents)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Mira Peck
Physical Details
- Classification
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Awards
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Polish merit cross medal with red and white enamel and the initials "PRL" in the center portion of the medal. Attached is an orange ribbon with a grey stripe down each side.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, enamel, glass
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Mira Peck, the daughter of Wolf and Zofia Paszko.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-16 12:05:48
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn734659
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The collection consists of photographs, medals, and oral history tapes documenting the experiences of Wolf and Zofia Paszko before, during, and after the Holocaust.
Wolf and Zofia Paszko Białystok photographs
Document
The collection consists of photographs depicting the prewar, wartime, and postwar experiences of Wolf Paszko and Zofia Paszko (née Właźnik), who met as Jewish refugees in Kant, Kyrgyzstan in 1941. Prewar photographs include depictions of Wolf with his family in Białystok, Poland and one with Zofia and her family in Łomża, Poland. There is one wartime photograph of Wolf and Zofia in Kyrgyzstan in 1942. The bulk of the photographs are postwar depictions of activities involving Wolf and Zofia in Białystok, including the exhumation of bodies from mass graves and their reburial in a cemetery, and a May Day procession in 1950 with Wolf’s industrial cooperative Stol-Met.
Polish medal owned by a Polish survivor
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Polish medal documenting the experiences of Wolf and Zofia Paszko (donor's parents)
Polish medal owned by a Polish survivor
Object
Polish medal documenting the experiences of Wolf and Zofia Paszko (donor's parents)
