"Jablonka Family History, 1941-1945"

Identifier
irn517863
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.60
Dates
1 Jan 1993 - 31 Dec 2006
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517863

Extent and Medium

folder

1

1 DVD-ROM, 4 3/4 in.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Philip Zion donated this manuscript to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jan. 15, 2006. Boruch Jablonka was his grandfather.

Scope and Content

Consists of one manuscript, 56 pages, entitled "Jablonka Family History, 1941-1945" by Philip Zion. The Jablonkas were Polish Jews who immigrated to France in 1929. In 1941, Boruch Jablonka was imprisoned in Pithiviers and was eventually deported to Auschwitz, where he perished. His wife, Helen, and children, Paulette, Rachel, and Raymond, were eventually able to escape into Spain and subsequently to the United States; Paulette and Raymond in 1943 and Helen and Rachel in 1945. Includes copies of photographs and documents. Also includes one DVD-ROM oral history interview with Helen Jablonka, Rachel Jablonka Rubinstein, Georges Rubinstein, and Paulette Jablonka Zion, completed on September 17, 1993.

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.