Gideon Poraz Posner collection
Extent and Medium
folder
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Creator(s)
- Gideon Poraz
Biographical History
Salomon Posner was born in Jaworzno, Poland in 1899, fled Poland with the onset of the German occupation in September 1939. His wife, Sabina and daughter Ester Tusia Posner, born in 1927, stayed in Krakow and perished. Salomon Posner reached Uzbekistan, USSR, and in April 1942, together with a group of almost 1,000 Jewish children and adults, he came to Teheran and subsequently to Atlit, on February 18, 1943. After the war Salomon Posner married Janka Raduszycka a survivor from Łódź and their son Gideon was born in May 1948.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gideon Poraz.
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Gideon Poraz.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of pre-war and post-war depictions of the Posner family, including Salomon Posner and his wife Sabina Posner, and their daughter Ester Tusia Posner, both of whom perished during the Holocaust. Also includes photographs of Salomon's son Gideon (b. 1948) and his second wife Janka Raduszycka.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.
People
- Posner, Ester.
- Posner, Gideon.
- Raduszycka, Janka.
- Posner, Salomon.
- Posner, Sabina.
Subjects
- Poland.
- Holocaust survivors.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document