Shmul and Szajndla Borensztajn collection
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- Szajndla Borensztajn
Biographical History
Szajndla Lojwasser Borensztajn was from Izbica, Poland. Shmul Borensztajn and Szajndla fled German-occupied Poland to Soviet territory with their children, Zygmunt, Jakob, Hershel, and Fela, along with Shmul’s parents, Sender and Chava Borensztajn. Zygmunt joined the Mir Yeshiva and reached Shanghai; Jakob was sent by the Soviets to Archangelsk, where he died. The rest of the Borensztajn family were deported to a forced labor camp in Siberia. Shmul Borensztajn and Szajndla were married in the camp with a ketubah, by Sender Borensztajn on April 11, 1941. They were released in 1942 and were in Kyrgyzstan until 1945. Shmul and Szajndla’s son Uri was born in USSR and their daughter Hadasa (donor’s mother) was born in a DP camp.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rachel Miller
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection in 2016 by Rachel Miller, the granddaughter of Shmul and Szjndla Borensztajn.
Scope and Content
Collection of photographs, documents, and correspondence relating to Shmul Borensztajn, from Warsaw, and Szajndla Lojwasser Borensztajn, from Izbica (donor's grandparents), who fled German-occupied Poland to Soviet territory with their children, Zygmunt, Jakob, Hershel, and Fela, along with Shmul’s parents, Sender and Chava Borensztajn. Zygmunt joined the Mir Yeshiva and reached Shanghai; Jakob was sent by the Soviets to Archangelsk, where he died. The rest of the Borensztajn family were deported to a forced labor camp in Siberia. Shmul and Szaindla were married in the camp with a ketubah, by Sender Borensztajn on April 11, 1941. They were released in 1942 and were in Kyrgyzstan till 1945.
Subjects
- Shanghai (China).
- Soviet Union.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Letters.
- Document