Sophie Turner-Zaretsky collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn512973
• English
• overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Small, golden teddy bear named Refugee received by eight year old Zofia (Selma) Scharzwald from her mother as a birthday or Christmas present after the war ended in May 1945. Her aunt crocheted a coat for it. Zofia named it Refugee because she thought its uneven eyes made it look " a little down and out." Zofia and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholics and lived briefly in Krakow, then moved to Busko Zdroj. Selma attended Catholic school and had h...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520816
• English
• 1901-1950
• folders 9
• Updated 7 months ago

The papers consist of 47 photographs of Selma Schwarzwald (now Sophie Turner-Zaretsky, donor) and her family before and during the Holocaust, a group of school notebooks and books used by the donor in hiding, certificates issued to the donor's mother in her false name, correspondence written by the donor's mother and the donor between 1935 and 1950, correspondence written by the donor's maternal uncle who died in Palestine, an autograph album, and various other documents.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520817
• English
• Updated 7 months ago

Holy card acquired by 6 year old Selma Scharzwald in May 1943 when she was living in hiding with her mother as a Polish Catholic under the name Zofia Tymejko. She received the card during a trip to Czestochowa, Poland, when she visited the church at Jasna Góra (Klasztor Paulinów). The trip was organized by her mother's employer, the Regional Agricultural Cooperative in Busko Zdroj. Zofia and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholics and lived briefl...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520818
• English
• Updated 7 months ago

Holy card acquired by 6 year old Selma Scharzwald in May 1943 when she was living in hiding with her mother as a Polish Catholic under the name Zofia Tymejko. She received the card during a trip to Czestochowa, Poland, when she visited the church at Jasna Góra (Klasztor Paulinów). The trip was organized by her mother's employer, the Regional Agricultural Cooperative in Busko Zdroj. Zofia and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholics and lived briefl...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520819
• English
• Updated 7 months ago

Holy card acquired by 6 year old Zofia (Selma) Scharzwald in May 1943 when she was living in hiding with her mother as a Polish Catholic under the name Zofia Tymejko. She received the card during a trip to Czestochowa, Poland, when she visited the church at Jasna Góra (Klasztor Paulinów). The trip was organized by her mother's employer, the Regional Agricultural Cooperative in Busko Zdroj. Zofia and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholics and live...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520820
• English
• Updated 7 months ago

The book was used by the donor as a student in the fourth grade in Busko-Zdrój, Poland; dated 1946-1947.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520821
• English
• Updated 7 months ago

The book was given to the donor as a prize for outstanding results at athe end of the school year in Busko-Zdrój, Poland; dated June 30, 1947.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520822
• English
• Updated 7 months ago

The book, which belonged to the donor, is signed "Zofia Tymejko" and dated ca. 1947.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520823
• English
• Updated 7 months ago

The book was given to the donor by her school friend, Basia Knap, in Busko-Zdrój, Poland; signed, "Zofia Tymejko" and dated Jan. 28, 1948.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520824
• English
• 1944-1946
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains two postcards and three letters, all handwritten, addressed to Adela Litwak (Ksenia Osoba), the donor's maternal aunt, by two people: Fryda Litwak (Zofia Wolinska), who was in a forced labor camp in Germany; and Zosia Tymejko (the donor's name while in hiding), in Busko-Zdroj, Poland.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn520826
• English
• 1 diploma,
• Updated 7 months ago

School diploma, printed form in black ink, with handwritten sections in blue ink, from St. John's Wood Synagogue school in London, issued to the donor.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn524043
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Collection consists of documents relating to Laura Turner (the donor's mother), who attended different educational institutions to establish herself in England after surviving the Holocaust in the Lvov ghetto and later in hiding. Includes a document issued to Xenia Osoba (real name Adela Litwak; donor's maternal aunt), stating that she is a Pole and is on her way to Warsaw; dated September 5, 1942 in Lvov; in German.