Helen and Joseph Matlow family collection

Identifier: irn513392
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513392

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Helen and Joseph Matlow.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a blanket, cooking pot, shirt, long underwear, and photograph relating to the experiences of Helen and Joseph Matlow and their family before and during the Holocaust in Poland, and afterwards in the Eggenfelden displaced persons camp in Germany.

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Matlow family photograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513677
- English
- 1935
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The photograph was taken in Dzieciol, Poland. Helen Matlow last on left is pictured wearing an embroidered shirt. The others in the photo are Ms. Matlow's mother, aunt, and cousin. Rectangular form; on recto, black and white image of three women and one man standing outdoors in front of building; on verso, handwritten text in ink.
Embroidered floral smock worn by a Jewish girl in prewar Poland
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513680
- English
- 1935
- overall: Height: 17.750 inches (45.085 cm) | Width: 14.125 inches (35.878 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Colorful, embroidered peasant blouse given to Chana Minuskin (later Helen Matlow) by her maternal aunt in Zdzieciol, Poland (Dziatlava, Belarus), in 1935. Chana, wearing the blouse, is pictured in a photograph with her aunt, her cousin and her mother, Dwora (2003.193.1), taken in their hometown in 1935. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and gave the Soviet Union the eastern half, where Chana, her parents, Aaron and Dwora, her brother, Moshe, and their extended family lived in Zdzieciol. In summer 1941, Germany invaded eastern Poland. In December, Chana’s brother, Moshe, was sent to ...
Enameled Dutch oven used by a Jewish family in a displaced persons camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513683
- English
- a: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Depth: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) b: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 7.125 inches (18.098 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Red and brown enameled metal Dutch oven used by Chana and Josef Matlowsky (later Helen and Joseph Matlow) while living at Eggenfelden displaced persons camp in Germany, from 1947 to 1949. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and gave the Soviet Union the eastern half, where Chana’s family lived in Zdzieciol (Dziatlava, Belarus). In summer 1941, Germany invaded eastern Poland. In December, Chana’s brother was sent to work in a forced labor camp in Dworzec (Dvarėts (Hrodzenskaia voblasts', Belarus).) In 1942, German authorities ordered all Jews to move into a ghetto in Zdzieciol, killed ...
Long underwear worn by a Jewish Polish partisan in the Soviet Army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513685
- English
- overall: Height: 26.250 inches (66.675 cm) | Width: 15.125 inches (38.418 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Long underwear pants worn by Josef Matlowsky (later Joseph Matlow), a Jewish partisan, while fighting in the Soviet Army around Lida, Poland (now Belarus), from 1944 to 1945. The pants, possibly made of fustian, would have been issued as part of a winter uniform. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and gave the Soviet Union the eastern half, where Josef, his parents, Rubin and Fruma, and his sisters, Edith, Toby and Michla, lived. Following the invasion, his family went to live in Radun, with Josef’s maternal grandparents, Iude and Lachil. In summer 1941, Germany invaded eastern Polan...
Bedcover used by a Jewish girl in a displaced persons camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513687
- English
- overall: Height: 53.625 inches (136.208 cm) | Width: 25.875 inches (65.723 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ruffled bedcover with straps owned by Chana Matlowsky (later Helen Matlow) and used by her daughter, Fruma (later Fran Matlow), as a baby in Eggenfelden displaced persons camp in Germany, from 1948 to 1949. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and gave the Soviet Union the eastern half, where Chana, her parents, Aaron and Dwora, her brother, Moshe, and their extended family lived in Zdzieciol (Dziatlava, Belarus). In summer 1941, Germany invaded eastern Poland. In December, Chana’s brother, Moshe, was sent to work in a forced labor camp in Dworzec (Dvarėts (Hrodzenskaia voblasts', Bela...

Helen and Joseph Matlow family collection

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Matlow family photograph

Embroidered floral smock worn by a Jewish girl in prewar Poland

Enameled Dutch oven used by a Jewish family in a displaced persons camp

Long underwear worn by a Jewish Polish partisan in the Soviet Army

Bedcover used by a Jewish girl in a displaced persons camp