Michael Salwen photographs

Identifier
irn518615
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.81
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518615

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michele Sacks

Michele Salwen Sacks donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Sept. 29, 2006. Michael Salwen was her father.

Scope and Content

Consists of more than 70 post-war photographs from the collection of Michael Salwen (Moniek Szmulewicz), originally of Sulejów, Poland. The photographs depict Michael and fellow survivors in Buchenwald and in a displaced persons camp in Switzerland, where he and other young survivors ("Buchenwald boys") were sent to recover after liberation. Also includes Michael's post-war identity card identifying him as a civilian internee of Buchenwald, and a newspaper article from the June 6, 1947 issue of the Göteborgs-Posten including a photograph of Michael Salwen.

People

  • Salwen, Michael.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Sulejów (Łódź, Poland)

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.