Lidia Kleinman Siciarz collection

Identifier
irn47487
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

Lidia Siciarz donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999, with additional materials donated at a later date.

Scope and Content

Consists of prewar and wartime photographs of the the family of Dr. Mendel and Aniuta Szwarcman Kleinman, and their daughter, Lidia (now Lidia Kleinman Siciarz), originally of Krakow, Poland. After the occupation of Poland, the family temporarily found haven in Turka, but in 1942, with the threat of deportation, Lidia went into hiding in a Catholic orphanage under the name Marysia Borowska. Aniuta Kleinman, who was also using a false name, was denounced and perished. Dr. Kleinman reunited with Lidia in May 1945. Aniuta gave Lidia the family photographs in a locked cosmetics bag before they were separated. Also includes objects related to the family's experiences. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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.