Frieda Szpigner Aharonson collection

Identifier
irn517617
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.549
Dates
1 Jan 1965 - 31 Dec 1994
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
  • Polish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517617

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Frieda Szpigner Aharonson

Frieda Szpigner Aharonson donated her collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct. 25, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs, documents, and a transcript related to the Holocaust experiences of Frieda (Fryda) Szpigner Aharonson, originally of Stanislawów, Poland. Her family perished in Treblinka, but Frieda was saved by Aleksandra Gawrych, who hid her in her house in Stanislawów, and a nun, Marjanna Reszko, the mother superior of a convent in Ignacow. Includes copies of family photographs as well as a photograph of Mother Superior Reszko and a photograph of a memorial to Mrs. Gawrych's husband, Jan Gawrych, who was executed in 1943. Also includes the translation (in Hebrew) of an oral history with Mrs. Aharonson conducted by Yad Vashem.

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.