Winofker family collection

Identifier
irn43803
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.447.3
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1979
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center

This collection was transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum upon the closure of the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center in Springfield, MA, in September 2010.

Scope and Content

Consists of correspondence, documents, and identity cards related to the lives of Rachela Winofker and her sons, Mendel and Szloma, in the Foehrenwald and Bad Reichenhall displaced persons camps in 1947-1948. Includes correspondence, in Yiddish, from family members in the United States, and documentation collected in preparation for immigration to the United States, including official immigration identity cards. Also includes a official photograph of Hitler and other Nazi officials at an unknown event in 1936 and a note from Menachem Begin to Luba Gurdus in 1978, thanking her for sending a copy of her book.

Corporate Bodies

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.