Uri Orlev collection

Identifier: irn522402
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522402

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Uri Orlev.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a drawing and photographs relating to the experiences of Jurek Orlowski, (Uri Orlev) and his brother, Kazimierz, before and during the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland, and after the Holocaust in Palestine.

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Uri Orlev photograph collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522427
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection consists of two photographs of Uri Orlev (born Jurek Henryk Orlowski) depicting him pre-war in Poland and post-war in Palestine.
Pastel portrait of a young Polish Jewish boy
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522428
- English
- 1937
- overall: Height: 13.375 inches (33.973 cm) | Width: 10.625 inches (26.988 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Colored pastel portrait of Kazimierz Orlowski at age 4 saved by his brother, Jurek. The portrait was created by Wilhelm Wachtel in 1937 in Warsaw. This may be a reproduction of the original. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, the boy's father, Maximillian, an officer in the Polish Army, was captured and held as a POW by the Soviets. In October 1940, Kazimierz, then 7, his brother, Jurek, 9, and their mother, Zofia, were forced into the Warsaw ghetto. In January 1943, Zofia was shot with the other patients in the hospital during an Aktion by German soldiers. Their Aunt Stefa o...

Uri Orlev collection

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Uri Orlev photograph collection

Pastel portrait of a young Polish Jewish boy