Sztejnsznajd family collection

Identifier
irn513282
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.300
Dates
1 Jan 1928 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Sally Light (Sara Sztejnsznajd) donated her family's papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives on Dec. 24, 2002.

Scope and Content

Documents regarding the Sztejnsznajd family of Lutsk, Poland. Collection contains postcards, articles, forms, and documents relating to the family's life in Lutsk and also of their attempts to emigrate to the United States. The family left Poland and arrived in the United States in 1939, though many of the extended family perished in the Holocaust. The collection also contains 31 volumes in Hebrew and Polish of the children's periodical "Hakatan" from the newpaper "Olameinu" from 1936-1938 and 9 volumes of the newspaper "Olameinu" from 1938-1939 in Hebrew. Includes also one cardboard bound book, "Sefer Hayeled-Baolam Harachav," published in 1936. Book is written in Hebrew and contains some small black and white pictures.

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.