Wajnberg family collection

Identifier
irn39822
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.163
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 2010
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • Hebrew
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

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Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elizabeth Wajnberg

Elizabeth Wajnberg donated the Wajnberg family collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2010.

Scope and Content

The Wajnberg family collection consists of original and copied documentation related to the wartime and post-war lives of Saul, Chaja, and their daughter, Lusia Wajnberg, originally of Demblin, Poland. Includes Saul Wajnberg's identity card as a survivor of Buchenwald, and narrative information about the experiences of Chaja and Lusia, who spent the war in various ghettos and concentration camps in and around Demblin. Includes documentation regarding Lusia's post-war psychological problems conducted by the Anna Freud clinic, Saul and Chaja's medical problems, and restitution documentation for medical and property claims for Saul's lumber business. Also includes a copy, on CD, of "Shamehs," a family history written by Elizabeth Wajnberg, Saul and Chaja's daughter who was born after the war.

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This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.