William and Bela Citron and Miriam Citron Burhans collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn37737
• English
• overall: Height: 31.500 inches (80.01 cm) | Width: 19.750 inches (50.165 cm) | Depth: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Leather suitcase used by the Citron (Cytrynblum) family, 24 year-old Wolf, 22 year-old Bela, and 1 year-old Gela when they emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1949. Bela and Wolf both had been deported from their hometowns in German occupied Poland to the HASAG forced labor camp in Czechostowa, where they first met. Bela was transferred to another labor camp that was liberated in 1944 by the Soviets. Wolf was transferred to several other labor camps and was liberated in January 1945. They both lost nearly all of their family during the Holocaust. They met again after the war in a...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn561610
• English
• Updated 7 months ago

White or off-white wool blanket with pink floral pattern throughout.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn561611
• English
• 3 CDs,
• Updated 7 months ago

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn650889
• English
• 1930-2016
• box 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The collection documents the post-war experiences of William and Bela Citron (Wolf Cytrynblum and Bela Kasztan) and their daughter Miriam Citron (Gela Machla, later Miriam Citron Burhans) in displaced persons camps in Germany prior to their immigration to the United States in 1949. Included are identification documents, photographs, a small amount of immigration documents, material related to the search for the fates of their families, and restitution paperwork. Photographs primarily document William and Bela’s time in the Foehrenwald and Stuttgart DP camps, including the birth of their dau...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn699019
• English
• 3 sound cassettes,
• Updated 7 months ago