Bella and Benjamin Herson collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The Bella and Benjamin Herson papers consist of correspondence, a memoir, photographs, printed materials, prisoner of war materials, a plaque, an identification tag, and reference materials documenting Bella and Benjamin Herson, the Herszon, Sztajnhorn, and Rys families, Bella's experiences in the Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz, and Birmbäumel, and Benjamin's imprisonment in prisoner of war camps Oflag XI A - Osterode and Oflag II C - Woldenberg.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Bella Herson, the wife of Benjamin Herson.
Date: 1907-2006

Date: approximately 1940
Geography: received: Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Date: received: 1979 December 15
Date: inclusive: circa 1907-2006
: Record last modified: 2019-12-04 14:41:39
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