Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn13586
• English
• box 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger papers consist of biographical materials, photographs, a poem, and an English/Polish military dictionary documenting Edmund Lusthaus’ medical career, military service, imprisonment in a labor camp in Asino, and service in the Polish Armed Forces in the Soviet Union and then under the British Armed Forces in the Middle East and Italy; Helena Lusthaus’ pharmacy career and stay in the Tarnów ghetto with her mother and daughter; Elizabeth Lusthaus’ education under a false identity in Milanówek, and the family’s years in England after the war before immigratin...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn13587
• English
• 1948
• overall: Height: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Defence Medal 1939-1945 awarded to Dr. Edmund Lusthaus by the British government for his service in the 2nd Polish Corps, a unit of the British Armed Forces during World War II. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Lusthaus was drafted into the Polish Army. Seventeen days later, the Soviet army invaded from the east. Lusthaus was captured and taken to a camp for Polish prisoners of war in Novosibirsk, Siberia, where he served as a physician. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Soviet government released the Polish POWs to join the fighting. Lusthaus joined the vo...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn13588
• English
• 1939-1945
• overall: Height: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

War Medal 1939-1945 and ribbon awarded to Dr. Edmund Lusthaus by the British government for his service in the 2nd Polish Corps, a unit of the British Armed Forces during World War II. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Lusthaus was drafted into the Polish Army. Seventeen days later, the Soviet army invaded from the east. Lusthaus was captured and taken to a camp for Polish prisoners of war in Novosibirsk, Siberia, where he served as a physician. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Soviet government released the Polish POWs to join the fighting. Lusthaus joined...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn13589
• English
• overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

British Army bomb book 155 report cover received by Dr. Edmund Lusthaus when he served in the 2nd Polish Corps, a unit of the British Armed Forces during World War II. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Lusthaus was drafted into the Polish Army. Seventeen days later, the Soviet army invaded from the east. Lusthaus was captured and taken to a camp for Polish prisoners of war in Novosibirsk, Siberia, where he served as a physician. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Soviet government released the Polish POWs to join the fighting. Lusthaus joined the volunteer Po...