Feiga Scheer collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn44343
• English
• 1947
• Updated 7 months ago

Yiddish textbook used by 12 year old Cyla Scheer, after her family left Poland for Paris, France, in April 1946. The war began in September 1939 when Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. Cyla and her parents Feiga and Froim lived in Zalosce, which was occupied by the Soviets. The family bakery was confiscated. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union and entered Zalosce in July. Many Jewish residents were shot and Jewish homes were looted by their Ukrainian neighbors. In October 1942, the remaining Jews were transported to the Zborow ghetto. Feiga, Froim, Cyla, and other famil...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn44344
• English
• overall: Height: 41.500 inches (105.41 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Blue and white striped dress sewn by Feiga Moszkowicz Scheer in postwar Poland circa 1945. The war began in September 1939 when Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. Feiga, her husband Froim, and daughter Cyla, 5, lived in Zalosce, which was occupied by the Soviets. The family bakery was confiscated. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. In July, many Jewish residents were shot and Jewish homes were looted by their Ukrainian neighbors. In October 1942, the remaining Jews were sent to the Zborow ghetto. Feiga, Froim, Cyla, and other family members were hidden by their former...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn754983
• English
• folders 3
• Updated 7 months ago

The Fanny Scheer papers consist of writings, a passport, and photographs documenting the Scheer family’s experiences in prewar Załoźce, Poland (Zaliztsi, Ukraine), wartime Załoźce and Reniv, and postwar Opole. Writings include pages of Scheer’s 1943 description of her family’s experiences in Załośce and Reniv, Poland (now Ukraine) under Soviet and German occupation and a notebook including Scheer’s 1965 description of the fate of her family members. The passport was issued on March 13, 1946 in Warsaw, Poland to Fanny Scheer and her daughter, Cyla (Celia) and includes 1949 and 1950 immigrati...