Izak Sznaper photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Izak Sznaper
Biographical History
Izak Sznaper was the son of Abraham and Basia (née Bleiweiss) Sznaper. He had seven siblings, and lived near Wojnilów, Poland (Voynyliv, Ukraine) prior to World War II. He survived the Holocaust in hiding.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Izak Snaper
The photographs were hidden in a glass jar between the walls in the village where Izak Sznaper was hiding. He retrieved them after World War II and kept them until donating them to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of a photograph of the Izak Sznaper’s parents Abraham and Basia (née Bleiweiss) Sznaper and four of their 8 children; a photograph of Basia Sznaper and Izak’s grandmother, aunt, and uncle; a photograph of Izak’s cousins Frieda and Moriz Press; and a photograph of the Izak’s sister, Salka, and brother Mojsze. All of the photographs were taken near Wojnilów, Poland (Voynyliv, Ukraine).
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.
People
- Sznaper, Bleiweiss.
- Sznaper, Abraham.
- Sznaper, Basia.
- Sznaper, Izak.
Subjects
- Voĭnyliv (Ukraine)
- Jews--Ukraine.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.