Miriam Pomerantz Weissman Photographs, ca. 1926-1946.
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Miriam Weissman
Biographical History
Miriam Weissman (born Michla Pomerantz) is the daughter of Abraham and Chaja. She was born on October 25, 1926 in Konstantyinowo, Poland. She had four older brothers and a sister. Michla lived in the ghetto in Wolkowysk, Belarus from 11/2/42-1/43, and was sent to Auschwitz. She remained in Auschwitz from January 1943 until liberation her liberation in January, 1945 at the age of nineteen. After liberation she stayed in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp before immigrating to the United States on the Marine Perch July 1946.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Miriam Weissman
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Miriam Pomerantz Weissman in 1991 and cataloged as part of the unification project on April 5, 2009.
Scope and Content
The photographs depict the funeral for Miriam Weissman's grandfather in Konstantynów, Poland, in 1926; her mother, four brothers, and sister in 1920; and Miriam Weissman with her cousin, Dr. I. Goldberg, and other Holocaust survivors at a wedding at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in 1946.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
People
- Weissman, Miriam Pomerantz.
Subjects
- Weddings--France--Zelsheim--1940-1950.
- Funeral rites & ceremonies--Poland--Konstantynów Lódzki--1920-1930.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document