Helen Sternlicht Jonas photograph collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Helen Sternlicht Jonas
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Helen Sternlicht Jonas.
Scope and Content
Contains three photographs: one of Adam Sztab that was saved by Helen Sternlicht upon arrival at Auschwitz by hiding the photograph in her mouth while they were in the showers; one copy photograph of Szymon Sternlicht (Helen's father), the original of which was also saved by Helen Sternlicht in her mouth upon arrival at Auschwitz; and one copy print of a pre-war photograph of Helen Sternlicht, her sisters Betty and Sydell, and her mother Lola, original dated circa 1934, at Wawel castle, Krakow, Poland.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document