Miriam Reinharz Klein collection

Identifier: irn43519
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43519

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Miriam Reinharz Klein.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs and two prayer books relating to the experiences of the Reinharz, Sturm, and Schech families before the Holocaust in Przemysl, Poland, and after the Holocaust in Sweden; photographs of the Banasiewicz family who hid Mr. and Mrs. Reinharz and their son Samek; and photographs of Berek Dov Klein, originally from Chrzanow, who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.

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Miriam Klein photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44556
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Miriam Klein photographs depict the Reinharz, Sturm, and Schech families in Przemyśl before the war; the Banasiewicz family who hid members of the Reinharz family during the war; the Reinharz family in Sweden after the war; and Miriam Klein's late husband, Berek Dov Klein.
Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44557
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Siddur with inscription, one of two (see 2011.286.3) that belonged to Miriam Reinharz. One prayer book was taken by Miriam from the Przemysl ghetto and used when she went into hiding in a convent. The other belonged to her mother, Berta, and was recovered after the war in Przemysl.
Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn44558
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Siddur, one of two (see 2011.286.2) that belonged to Miriam Reinharz. One was taken by Miriam from the Przemysl ghetto and used when she went into hiding in a convent. The other belonged to her mother, Berta, and recovered after the war in Przemysl.

Miriam Reinharz Klein collection

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Miriam Klein photographs

Prayer book

Prayer book