Pauline Kra collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The Pauline Kra collection consists of two knit scarves, in addition to a manuscript collection of biographical materials and photographs documenting the Bartkowski and Skornicki families from Łódź, their confinement in the Tomaszów Mazowiecki ghetto, Pauline's hidden Jewish identity in a Warsaw convent, and the family’s relocation to Caracas after the war and eventual immigration to the United States.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Pauline Kra.