Isaac Kornowski family collection

Identifier: irn522833
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 Pnina Kornowski, the daughter-in-law of Isaac Kornowski.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Paul and Pnina Kornowski and their families as German-Jewish immigrants to France before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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Isaac Kornowski collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517742
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of photographs documenting Pnina Kornowski's and her mother's experiences before World War II and while living in La Forêt, France, during the Holocaust as well as materials documenting Paul Kornowski (Paul Kor) donor's husband and his family in France during the Holocaust including family photographs and Paul's sporting club identification card.
Wooden thread spool from tailoring shop in Paris
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517743
- English
- overall: Height: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Spool of light brown thread used by Isaac (Jacques) Kornowski in the tailoring business he operated with his wife, Chaja, in Paris, France. Germany occupied France in 1940. Kornowski, a German-Jewish immigrant who had lived in Paris since 1920, was arrested by the German authorities on August 23, 1941, and imprisoned in the Drancy transit camp. The next year he was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp where he was killed. His wife, Chaja, and their two sons, Henri and Paul, survived the war: Chaja in southern France; the boys in the OSE La Foret children's home in Switzerland.

Isaac Kornowski family collection

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Isaac Kornowski collection

Wooden thread spool from tailoring shop in Paris