Lili Wider Blumenstein papers

Identifier
irn515547
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.173
  • RG-10.453
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Lili Wider Blumenstein lived in Transylvania, Romania, until 1944, when, at age sixteen, she was taken along with her parents, Rachel and Samuel Wider, to Auschwitz. Both her parents died there. She was later sent to Gunskirchen concentration camp where she worked in an ammunition factory. After the factory was bombed, she was forced on a death march. She was liberated by Soviet troops on May 8, 1945, in Czechoslovakia, and spent time in the Leipsheim displaced persons camp before emigrating to Israel and eventually the United States.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lili Blumenstein

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Lili Wider Blumenstein in 1991.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of a photograph of Lili Blumenstein and her son, Abraham, taken in Israel in 1949 and an identification card issued to Lili Wider by a Hungarian Jewish organization on May 20, 1945.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is in the order in which received

People

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.