Gideon Poraz Posner collection

Identifier
irn43559
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.164.1
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

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

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Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.