Eta Chinkes photograph collection

Identifier
irn523335
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.120
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523335

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Wolf Szczekacz

Biographical History

Wolf Szczekacz married Bala Szczekacz and they had two daughers: Pola Szczekacz and Dosia Szczekacz. Wolf fled from Poland to Russia at the beginning of World War II and it is believed he died there. Bala was killed in Auschwitz and Pola and Dosia Szczekacz joined the underground and died in a shootout with the Gestapo.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eta Chinkes

The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Etta Chinkes.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of four black and white portrait photographs. The photographs depict Wolf Szczekacz; his wife, Bala Sczcekacz; and their daughters, Pola and Dosia Szczekacz.

People

  • Szczekacz, Pola.
  • Szczekacz, Dosia.
  • Szczekacz, Bala.
  • Szczekacz, Wolf.

Subjects

  • Jews--Poland.

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.