Overview
- Description
- Consists of postwar letters between the donor's mother, Helen Degen Cohen (formerly Halina Degenfisz, b. 1934) and Maria Szumska, who rescued Helen by hiding her in her home in Lida, Belarus (formerly Lida, White Russia) when Helen was seven years old after she and her parents, Blima and Josef Degen (formerly Degenfisz), were incarcerated in the Lida ghetto. Also includes photographs, other documents, and a booklet inscribed with Hebrew and Polish that was likely used in the Zeilsheim DP Camp in West Germany after Helen reunited with her parents, and before they immigrated to the United States.
- Date
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after 1938
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Laura Cohen
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Photographs.
- Extent
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6 folders
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
- Copyright Holder
- Ms. Laura Cohen
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Lida (Belarus)
- Corporate Name
- Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Laura Cohen.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-03-12 13:28:23
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn737026
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