Abram Lenkowski papers

Identifier
irn523227
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.490.1
Dates
1 Jan 1954 - 31 Dec 1991
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523227

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Erik Staub

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Erik Staub. The Lenkowskis are his mother-in-law and father-in-law.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of correspondence, documents, and newspaper clippings relating to Abram Lenkowski and Maria Lenkowski. The documents concern claims for reparations from Germany made by the Lenkowskis who survived the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Their families died in the ghetto or were murdered in Auschwitz in August 1944.

People

  • Lenkowski, Abram.
  • Lenkowski, Maria.

Subjects

  • Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Reparations.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.