Henryka Wagner Goldsher papers

Identifier
irn46895
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.154.1
Dates
1 Jan 1923 - 31 Dec 1984
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
  • 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 Minerva Rosenberg

Minerva Rosenberg donated her aunt's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.

Scope and Content

Consists of pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs, correspondence, and documents related to the Holocaust experiences of Henryka Wagner (also known as Hencha/Henrica, later Henrietta Goldsher), originally of Warsaw, Poland. Includes pre-war documents, postcards dated 1940, and post-war displaced persons documentation for Henryka, who survived Auschwitz and Majdanek. Also includes documentation related to Selma Goldsher and her brother Saul, who emigrated to the United States in the 1920s; Henryka was a longtime friend of Selma Goldsher and later married Saul.

People

Subjects

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