Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld papers

Identifier
irn517261
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.283.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517261

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Dwora Z. Mortenfeld

Biographical History

Zosia Putersznyt, now Mortenfeld, was born on September 10, 1925, in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. Zosia remained in Dabrowa until December 1941, at which time she was deported to Ober Altstadt concentration camp, a sub-camp of Gross-Rosen. She was imprisoned there for three years, transferred to Parschnitz concentration camp for one year, and then returned again to Ober Altstadt.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photographs and postcard were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of three portrait images of Netka Putersznyt and Berisz Putersznyt, Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld's parents, and Frymeta Mortenfeld, Dwora's mother-in-law. Also included in the papers is a postcard written by Netka Putersznyt in ghetto in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland, on December 24, 1942, to her daughter Zosia Putersznyt who was interned in Ober Altstadt concentration camp.

People

  • Putersznyt, Berisz.
  • Putersznyt, Netka.
  • Mortenfeld, Frymeta.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genre

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