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Wednesday, August 19, 2020
[Click photos for larger images. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Certificate of Identity Issued to Refugees Submitted by: Emil Lander Date of origin: June 30, 1948 Origin of the object: These certificates of identity were issued to my parents and me in the DP camp of Bindermichel, near Linz, Austria.... More
[Click the photo for a larger image. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Undying Love, A Feature Documentary Film by Helene Klodawsky Submitted by: Fran Klodawsky Date of origin: March 2011 Origin of the object: The origin of the object is a story that was told by my parents, survivors from... More
[Click photos for larger images. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Postcard from the train to Auschwitz, June 4, 1944 Submitted by: Anna Hercz Date of origin: June 4, 1944 Origin of the object: This is the goodbye postcard written by my mother to Karcsi, her future husband and my father,... More
[Click photos for larger images. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Photo, documents, and articles (maternal side of the family) Submitted by: Les Grumach Date of origin: 1942 Origin of the object: This is a photo taken in the Krakow ghetto in Poland. It shows my maternal grandfather, Salo Langer, and... More
[Click the photo for a larger image. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Grumach family tallits Submitted by: Les Grumach Date of origin: 1938 Origin of the object: My father would probably have received his tallit around March 1938 for his barmitzvah, in Berlin, Germany. I am not sure when my... More
[Click photos for larger images. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Photographs of Dusia’s Friends and Classmates, Fajn Family History Submitted by: Rosalind Conway Date of origin: July 13, 1936 Origin of the object: My mother saved photographs of her classmates, and of her best friend Ruta. They all perished in... More
[Click photos for larger images. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Last Correspondence Submitted by: Mina Cohn Date of origin: February 20, 1940 Origin of the object: Kanchuga, Poland. A Red Cross postcard and last correspondence from Yosef Pinchas, my Great-grandfather, sent from Kanchuga, Poland on the 2nd of February 1940,... More
[Click the photo for a larger image. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: The COHN family Loss of German Citizenship Submitted by: Harry Cohn Date of origin: February 6, 1940 Origin of the object: Bad Arolsen Germany Archive Description: This is the photocopy of the actual Act sanctioning officially my family’s... More
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
[Click the photos for a larger images. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: "I recognized myself only because of the number" Submitted by: Hilda Bleyer and family Date of origin: After liberation, January 27, 1945 Origin of the object: “Auschwitz: A History in Photographs”, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 1993, (ISBN 8305126439).... More
Monday, July 27, 2020
[Click the photo for a larger image. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: “Jewish youth – Do you want to live?” Submitted by: Sarah Bleiwas and family Date of origin: April 28, 1939 Origin of the object: This is a speech that was written and presented by Gál György András (George... More
Thursday, July 23, 2020
[Click the photo for a larger image. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Man Drowns Himself in Oil / Devil Dance (Painting) Submitted by: Sarah Bleiwas and family Date of origin: November 1979 Origin of the object: This is a painting by Zoltan Haydu. It was painted in Toronto, Canada in... More
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