Hanna Herzig collection

Identifier
irn43320
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.139.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hanna Herzig

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Hanna Herzig.

Scope and Content

Contains family photographs of the Herzig and Stock families in Drohobycz, Poland before the war, and in the Foehrenwald DP camp in Germany after the war, including photographs showing Zygmunt Herzig in his official role as legal council. Includes a drawing depicting Zygmunt Herzig's sister, who was murdered in Drohobycz; identification cards of donor's parents from the DP camp; immigration application forms; receipts for donations; and general correspondence, Also includes prayer books from the Foehrenwald DP camp; contemporary photographs showing the house in Drohobycz where the donor's parents and 37 other Jews were hidden by Izydor and Jaroslawa Wolosianski for almost 2 years, as well as photographs of the donor with rescuer and the ceremony of planing a tree by the rescuer at Yad Vashem for being recognized as Righteous Among Nations.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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