Sabina Heller and Stanislava Roztropowicz-Szkubel collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn61119
• English
• 1943-1948
• folders 2
• Updated 7 months ago

The Stanislava Roztropowicz papers include a diary, certificate, and photographic prints relating to Stanislava Roztropowicz and her family’s experience in Poland during World War II while hiding a young Jewish girl. The diary was written by Stanislava from 1943-1944 and describes her family's decision to hide an abandoned Jewish girl, Sabina Heller, their experiences during the war in Poland, the conscription of her sister, Zosia, who was forced into labor in Germany, and the burning of their home forcing the family to move. The collection also includes photographic prints of the Roztropow...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn61120
• English
• overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Portrait of herself and her foster mother created by 5 year old Irena Roztropowicz (Sabina Kagan) on March 16, 1946, for the birthday of Josef Roztropowicz, whose family saved Sabina from starvation in Radziwillow, Poland (Radyvyliv, Ukraine) in 1942. Sabina's parents had paid a Polish family to hide her, but when her parents were murdered, the family abandoned Sabina. She was discovered in a basement by a teenage girl who told the Roztropowicz family. Jozef and Natalia, and their children, Janina, 18 years, Stanislava (Stanka) 16 years, and Andrzej, 13 years, raised Sabina as their own dau...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn61121
• English
• 1947
• overall: Height: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) | Width: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Bouquet of blue flowers drawn by 6 year old Irena Roztropowicz (Sabina Kagan) in 1947 for Natalia Roztropowicz, whose family who saved Sabina from starvation in Radziwillow, Poland (Radyvyliv, Ukraine) in 1942. Sabina's parents had paid a Polish family to hide her, but when her parents were murdered, the family abandoned Sabina. She was discovered in a basement by a teenage girl who told the Roztropowicz family. Jozef and Natalia, and their children, Janina, 18 years, Stanislava (Stanka) 16 years, and Andrzej, 13 years, raised Sabina as their own daughter and sister. They named her Irena an...