Rosa and Zygmunt Schleichkorn collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn35082
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 6 months ago

Contains documents concerning the experiences of Rosa Freimann and Sigmund Scheichkorn (donor's parents) during and after the Holocaust in Poland and Germany: papers include a "kennkarte", a false identity card issued to Rosa under the alias Helena Krembiak dated February 15, 1943 in Warsaw, Poland; a poem written by Rosa in May 1944; and numerous postwar documents issued to Rosa and Sigmund who lived in Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany after the War and eventually immigrated to New York.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn37634
• English
• overall: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

Doily featuring a photographic portrait of Rosa Freimann Schleichkorn. It was created to commemorate her wedding to Zygmont Schleichkorn around 1947 in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany. In 1940, Rosa escaped from the Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto and hid in a convent. She later moved to Warsaw and assumed a false identity as a Catholic. When that ghetto was about to be destroyed in spring 1943, she paid someone to smuggle her out. Zygmont was interned by the Germans in the ghetto in Bochnia, Poland. It was emptied by the summer of 1943, but Zygmont and his family had hidden in ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn37635
• English
• overall: | Diameter: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

Doily featuring a photographic portrait of Rosa Freimann and Zygmont Schleichkorn. It was created to celebrate their wedding around 1947 in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany. In 1940, Rosa escaped from the Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto and hid in a convent. She later moved to Warsaw and assumed a false identity as a Catholic. When that ghetto was about to be destroyed in spring 1943, she paid someone to smuggle her out. Zygmont was interned by the Germans in the ghetto in Bochnia, Poland. It was emptied by the summer of 1943, but Zygmont and his family had hidden in the forest w...