Winofker family collection
Extent and Medium
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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
- Föhrenwald (Displaced persons camp)
- Bad Reichenhall (Displaced persons camp)
Genre
- Identification documents.
- Photographs.
- Document