Fishman and Wikiel collection

Identifier
irn500418
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0148
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500418

Extent and Medium

folder

oversize folder

1

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated in memory of Lonia Fishman.

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Sevek Fishman, in memory of Lonia Fishman.

Scope and Content

Testimony, photocopied, two pages, of Lonia Fishman's experiences during occupation of Poland, along with correspondence from U.S. embassy of Poland, Archdiocese of Boston, and Yad Vashem, in response to Fishman's efforts to recognize the Polish couple who saved him, Maria and Jan Wikiel. Including is documentation from Yad Vashem concerning the naming of the Wikiels as Righteous Among the Nations, and photographs from an event held at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw in 1979 honoring the Wikiels.

Genre

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