Zyzniewski family collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of a watercolor portrait, correspondence, documents, photographs, photo albums, and publications relating to the experiences of Wieslaw Zyzniewski (Wesley Zineski) and his family, Polish Catholics, originally from Łódź, before, during and after World War II, during which Wesley and his mother Janina were arrested for their political activities and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Marilyn Stiles on behalf of the Estate of Wesley Zineski.

Date: inclusive: 1925-1957
Geography: creation: Łódź (Poland)
Date: recovered: after 1945 May
Geography: publication: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Date: publication/distribution: approximately 1938
Geography: publication: Krakow (Poland)
Date: publication/distribution: 1936
Geography: publication: Paris (France)
Date: publication/distribution: 1933
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:27:11
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