Witek and Wiera Sierpinska collection

Identifier: irn521882
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 2004 by Wiera Sierpinska, the wife of Witek Sierpinski.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Star of David badge, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Wiera Baksztanski (Sierpinska) before and during the Holocaust in Poland, and of Dr. Witek Sierpinski during the Holocaust in Poland.

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Star of David badge printed Juif worn by a Jew in France
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515197
- English
- overall: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm)
- Updated 6 months ago
Star of David badge given to Dr. Witek Sierpinski after June 1942 by a Jewish friend who had worn it in France. After the German occupation of Poland in 1939, Witek worked in a psychiatric hospital in Lvov, Poland (Lʹviv, Ukraine). In November 1941, he moved to the Warsaw ghetto and joined the Towarzystwo Ochrony Zdrowia Ludnosci Zydowskiej w Polsce (TOZ), a ghetto health organization that helped the sick and starving. A former co-worker got him out of the ghetto. By 1942, he was active in various Polish resistance groups, particularly the Armia Ludowa [People’s Guard] (AL). He recruited me...

Witek and Wiera Sierpinska collection

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Star of David badge printed Juif worn by a Jew in France