Slomowitz family collection

Identifier
irn35189
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.230.1
Dates
1 Jan 1900 - 31 Dec 1960
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rachel Steiner

Rachel Steiner donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 31, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the families of Asher Zelig Slomowitz, originally of Vulchovce, Czechoslovakia, and Sara (Shirley) Rosenfeld Slomowitz, originally of Tocovo, in Transcarpathia. Both are Auschwitz survivors who met after the war in the Gabersee displaced persons camp and immigrated to the United States, where they married. Includes a copy of a wartime postcard, in Hungarian and Yiddish, addressed to a member of the Steiner family, and photographs of the couple at Gabersee.

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Genre

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