Wolf Bulanski papers

Identifier
irn49907
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.441.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Yiddish
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

oversize folder

1

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Family of William Bellan

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by the family of William Bellan (Wolf Bulanski).

Scope and Content

Photograph album, loose photographic prints, documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Wolf Bulanski (donor's father) who was born in Telechany, Poland [present-day Belarus] in 1912. Included is an extensive photo album and loose photographs spanning the 1920s and 1930s in Poland and then later in Belgium where Wolf studied and earned a medical degree. Documents illustrate his education in Poland and Belgium, and war-time in Belgium working as a physician and surviving under the false name "Henri Joba." Also included are WWI postcards from "Oswei Bilansky" (donor's paternal grandfather) from a German prisoner of war camp to "T. Bilianskaya" (donor's paternal grandmother) in Gomel, Soviet Union.

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.