Eve and Richard Przemyski collection

Identifier: irn42061
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Eve Przemyski, the widow of Richard Przemyski.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an armband, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Ewa Lada (Eve Przemyski) in Poland and prisoner of war camps in Germany during the Holocaust, and in Italy and England after the Holocaust, of Richard Przemyski in Poland and a prisoner of war camp in Germany during the Holocaust and England and the US after the Holocaust, and of Maria Lada and friends in Poland before and after the Holocaust.

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Eve Przemyski papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn43008
- English
- folders 7
- Updated 7 months ago
The Eve Przemyski papers include biographical materials, a handcrafted clandestine diary, and photographs documenting Eve’s prewar life in Równe, Poland (now Rivne, Ukraine), her internment in prisoner of war camps at Sandbostel and Oberlangen following the Warsaw Uprising, her service in the Polish armed forces at the end of the war, and her relocation to England and immigration to the United States with her husband, Richard Przemyski, after the war. Her handmade diary includes rich descriptions and illustrations documenting her internment in two POW camps in 1944 and 1945.
Polish Home Army commemorative armband issued to veteran of Warsaw Insurrection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn43009
- English
- overall: Height: 19.875 inches (50.483 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Red and white armband commemorating the Warsaw Insurrection issued to Ryszard Przemyski, a member of the underground resistance group, Armia Krajowa [Home Army], known as A.K. The armband has his group number VII, pseudonym Ruczaj, A.K., and the date. The Warsaw Rising or Insurrection, August 1-October 5, 1944, was the attempt by the Polish Home Army to retake Warsaw from the German occupying forces. They retook much of the city, but without the promised aid from Western Allies or the Soviet Union, whose forces were within sight of the city, the resistance was crushed. The Germans massacred...

Eve and Richard Przemyski collection

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Eve Przemyski papers

Polish Home Army commemorative armband issued to veteran of Warsaw Insurrection