Harold Minuskin family collection

Identifier: irn43890
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43890

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012, 2013, and 2014 by Harold Minuskin.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a billfold, currency, documents, oral history compact discs, photographs, and postcards relating to the experiences of Shlamke and Shanke Orlinsky Minuskin, their two young sons, Henikel (Harold) and Kalmanke, and their extended families in prewar Zhetel, Poland, in the Zhetel ghetto and the surrounding forests with the partisans during the Holocaust, and as refugees in Germany and then the United States after the war, and a billfold, day planner, and photographs relating to the experiences of Lew Minuskin who was in Siberia during the war.

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Minuskin family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn58654
- English
- folders 2 DVD,
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of photographs, postcards, and documents related to the Orlinksy and Minuskin families of Zhetel, Poland. Includes a DVD entitled "Our Town of Zhetel," a documentary produced in 1990; pre-war family photographs; identity documentation; and post-war displaced persons photographs. Members of the Minuskin family belonged to the Zhetel partisan group in Belorussia during the war.
Light brown leather billfold used by a Polish Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn58655
- English
- overall: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Light brown leather wallet owned by Lew Minuskin. Lew lived in Zhetel (Zdieciol) Poland (Dziatlava, Belarus), which was occupied by the Soviet Union in September 1939. In June 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union and occupied Zhetel. Frmo 1941-1942, Lalb was assigned to a forced labor battalion that assisted the Soviet Army. From 1942-1945, he had sent to From 1942-1945, he was sent to live in Kokand Fergana in eastern Uzbekistan, a border region of the Soviet Union, where he worked as a mechanic. When the war ended on May 9, 1945, Lajb traveled to Munich, Germany, where he lived in ...
Weimar Germany Reichsbanknote, 1000 marks, kept by a Polish Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn58660
- English
- overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German bank note for 1000 marks acquired by 8 year old Henikel (Harold) Minuskin before he and his family left Germany for the US in 1946. It was issued during the Weimar Republic in 1923. Henikel lived in Zhetel (Zdieciol) Poland (Dziatlava, Belarus), with his parents Shlamke and Shanke, and his younger brother Kalmanke. In June 1941, Zhekel was occupied by Nazi Germany. The Jews of the town were violently persecuted and over 120 prominent community members, including Henikel's uncle Leib, were shot. On February 22, 1942, all Jews were relocated to a ghetto. That August, the Germans began ...
Imperial Germany Reichsbanknote, 100 marks, kept by a Polish Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn58661
- English
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Imperial German bank note for 100 marks acquired by 8 year old Henikel (Harold) Minuskin before he and his family left Germany for the US in 1946. The note was issued in Imperial Germany in 1908. This note has a green seal which indicates it was printed post World War I (1914-1918.) Henikel lived in Zhetel (Zdieciol) Poland (Dziatlava, Belarus), with his parents Shlamke and Shanke, and his younger brother Kalmanke. In June 1941, when he was three years old, Zhekel was occupied by Nazi Germany. The Jews of the town were violently persecuted and over 120 prominent community members, including...
Soviet Union, 1 chervonets note, kept by a Polish Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn58662
- English
- 1937
- overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Soviet bank note for 1 chervonet acquired by 8 year old Henikel (Harold) Minuskin before he and his family left Germany for the US in 1946. Henikel lived in Zhetel (Zdieciol) Poland (Dziatlava, Belarus), with his parents Shlamke and Shanke, and his younger brother Kalmanke. In June 1941, when he was three years old, Zhekel was occupied by Nazi Germany. The Jews of the town were violently persecuted and over 120 prominent community members, including Henikel's uncle Leib, were shot. On February 22, 1942, all Jews were forcibly relocated to a ghetto. That August, the Germans began preparation...
Oberhausen, Germany, emergency currency, 5 million marks, kept by a Polish Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn58663
- English
- overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
City of Oberhausen emergency currency note [notgeld] for 5 million marks acquired by 8 year old Henikel (Harold) Minuskin before he and his family left Germany for the US in 1946. The currency was issued in 1923 due to the period of hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic. Henikel lived in Zhetel (Zdieciol) Poland (Dziatlava, Belarus), with his parents Shlamke and Shanke, and his younger brother Kalmanke. In June 1941, when he was three years old, Zhekel was occupied by Nazi Germany. The Jews of the town were violently persecuted and over 120 prominent community members, including Henikel...
Soviet Union, 10 chervonets note, kept by a Polish Jewish refugee to the US
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn58664
- English
- 1937
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Soviet bank note for 10 chervonets acquired by 8 year old Henikel (Harold) Minuskin before he and his family left Germany for the US in 1946. Henikel lived in Zhetel (Zdieciol) Poland (Dziatlava, Belarus), with his parents Shlamke and Shanke, and his younger brother Kalmanke. In June 1941, when he was three years old, Zhekel was occupied by Nazi Germany. The Jews of the town were violently persecuted and over 120 prominent community members, including Henikel's uncle Leib, were shot. On February 22, 1942, all Jews were forcibly relocated to a ghetto. That August, the Germans began preparati...
Harold Minuskin: Soviet sound recordings
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702466
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
CD 1: "Сказка о царе Салтане" (Tale of Tsar Saltan) A Soviet recording of selections from the 1900 Russian opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. CD 2: A selection of "partisan songs" from Soviet disc recordings of wartime films. NoteTrack 7 has been dubbed from a LP and may represent a performance by Mr Minuskin of (possibly) a Soviet partisan song (title unidentified).
Oral history interview with Sonia Minuskin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn75903
- English
- 1 DVD, MPEG-2
- Updated 1 year ago
Holocaust survivors documentary "Our Town Zhetel"
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn75904
- English
- 1991
- 1 DVD, MPEG-2
- Updated 1 year ago