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Hanukiyah used in the Tarnow ghetto between March 1941 and September 1943. This Hanukiyah is an industrial menorah similar in design and composition to several made by Johannes Rominger in Stuttgart, Germany. A Hanukkah candelabrum holds eight candles for the eight nights of Hanukkah; the ninth candle is the Shamash [attendant] that is used to light the other candles. Because of their religious significance, ...

Overdruk uit: Polnische Weststudien ; Bd. 5 (1986) H. 2. 285-318. ; 24 cm.

Wrought iron, double gate from the Jewish cemetery in Tarnów, Poland, acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in 1991. Jewish settlement in the city and the cemetery date back to the 16th century and prior to World War II, 25,000 Jews lived in Tarnów. In September 1939, in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Germany invaded western Poland while the Soviet Union annexed ...

Contains a copy of a diary kept by Dr. Amos Lavyel (Markus Leibel; donor’s late husband) from January 1, 1942 until July 18, 1943, before and during his service in the Anders Army; includes five maps. Also includes original photographs and copyprints depicting the Leibel family in Tarnów before the war; doctors and nurses in a Jewish hospital in Tarnów; a birthday party for Henryk Leibel; Jewish soldiers ...

Consists of correspondence sent to Max Sukman in Chicago, IL, primarily from the Drucker family, his wife Adele's family, in Berlin, Tarnów, Poland, and Ljubljana. Also includes five envelopes. Letters: Ascher Jonas Drucker in Berlin, on June 26, 1938 Israel Drucker in Tarnow, July 14, 1938 Ascher Jonas Drucker in Berlin, on October 24, 1938 Israel Drucker in Tarnow, January 7, 1939 Ascher Jonas Drucker ...

The Man and Schwarz families papers consist of two family photograph albums documenting the prewar lives of the Mann and Schwarz families in Tarnów, Poland and Vienna, Austria. The albums are titled "1817-1918" and "1927-1937." Included are depictions of family life, vacations, children, relatives and friends, and Lazar and Helene's wedding in 1930. Also included are a small amount of documents, primarily ...

<p>This collection contains the personal papers of Bertha and Karl Weiss, Jewish former residents of Berlin whose families originated in Poland. Also contained are papers relating to various restitution and pension claims</p><p>Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access&nbsp;some digital photographs</p>

Memoir by an unknown Holocaust survivor from Tarnów, Poland, describes: the establishment of the Tarnów Ghetto; Aktionen/executions of Tarnów's Jews; death of the unknown survivor's family; and his deportation to Płaszów.

Consists of one manuscript, 95 pages, entitled "Memories," by Simon Juan Lichtig, originally born Szymon (Szymek) Lichtig, of Tarnów, Poland. He describes his childhood in Tarnów, his escape to Lwów using false papers, hiding as a Polish Catholic in Kiev, Soviet Union, and in Saarbrúcken, Germany, and his experiences as a translator for the United States Army.

Sam Verstaendig collection consists of photographs of the Verstaendig family of Tarnów, Poland. Also included are photographs of a Jewish cemetery and memorial in Tarnów, as well as a sample of Theresienstadt ghetto scrip.