Steffa Horowitz Mairanz collection

Identifier: irn520808
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Ita Mond and Theodore Mairanz, the children of Steffa and Tadek Mairanz.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an artifact, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Steffa Horowitz Mairanz and Tadek Mairanz before, during, and after the Holocaust in Poland.

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Szyfra Majranc papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522934
- English
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Szyfra Majranc papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, diaries and other personal writings, photographs, and printed materials documenting Szyfra and Nechemia Majranc, their Horowitz and Majranc relatives, their prewar lives in Łódź and Sanok, and hiding and living under false identities in Rzeszów. Biographical materials include an invitation to Szyfra and Nechemia Majranc’s wedding annotated by Szyfra Majranc and Rabbi Tuvia Horowitz as well as certificates issues by the Polish Embassy in Rome stating that Szyfra and Nechemia Majranc’s Polish citizenship was being ve...
Łódź ghetto scrip, 20 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522935
- English
- overall: Height: 3.120 inches (7.925 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Scrip acquired by 22 year-old Steffa (Shifra) Horowitz Mairanz (Marjanc) from family members who lived in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Steffa, her husband, and their infant daughter, who was born April 12, 1940, lived in hiding in different towns near Łódź to avoid being interned in any ghettos. Steffa managed to smuggle several family members out of the Łódź ghetto before it was destroyed by the Germans in 1944.
Zycie i smierc ghetta Warszawskiego [Book]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522936
- English
- 1945
- Updated 1 year ago

Steffa Horowitz Mairanz collection

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Szyfra Majranc papers

Łódź ghetto scrip, 20 mark note

Zycie i smierc ghetta Warszawskiego [Book]