Miodownik family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Anne Miodownik and her mother Bina Miodownik, both of whom survived the Holocaust in hiding after escaping the Srodula ghetto in Sosnowiec, Poland. Papers include documents regarding Erich Siudmok and his wife Gertruda Siudmok, Polish citizens who helped Anne and her family; a document certifying that Bina was a victim of fascism; passenger tickets for the SS Ernie Pyle, 1947; copy print of U.N. Our Hope sheet music with a photograph of Anne and Bina on the cover; a translation of testimony given by Bina, and a copy of a speech given by Anne regarding her family’s experience. Photographs include depictions of Anne and Bina in Zeilsheim displaced persons camp, members of the Siudmok family, and a post-war photograph of Anne and Bina with Marisia and Juska, two women they lived with in Katowice after the war. The Polish language testimony of Bina Miodownik is in the collection of Żydowski Instytut Historyczny, and was digitized as part of RG-15.084M, a collection of survivor testimonies gathered by Centralna Żydowska Komisja Historyczna (Central Jewish Historical Commission) from 1944-1947. There is also a luggage tag from the SS Ernie Pyle used when the family immigrated to the United States in 1947.

Provenance

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Anne Miodownik Fried.