Letter from Janusz Schwieger to Leopold Infeld

Identifier
irn503347
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.A.0103
  • RG-10.057.01
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503347

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Janusz Schwieger

Biographical History

Janusz Schwieger was a doctor from Lwow, Poland, (Lʹviv, Ukraine) who was incarcerated in Bergen-Belsen.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

On 15 Aug. 1945, Janusz Schwieger in France wrote a letter to Leopold Infeld, a first cousin of the donor's father, Bernard Infield. Ms. Goldberg donated a copy to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 1992.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a 15 August 1945 letter from Janusz Schwieger in France to Leopold Infeld. The letter regards persecution, deportation, and conditions of Polish Jews and their families (Infeld, Schwieger, and others) in 1943 at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and to transports being sent to Auschwitz from Bergen-Belsen.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

  • Tigner.
  • Infeld, Leopold, 1898-1968.
  • Leontyna.
  • Infeld, Bernard.
  • Medwinowa.
  • Goldberg, Lusia.
  • Schwieger, Janusz.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genre

  • Document
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