Amalia Kurland Spiegelman photograph collection

Identifier
irn523669
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.344
Dates
1 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523669

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Amalia K. Spiegelman

Biographical History

Amalia Kurland Speigelman (born Mala, 1917-2007) was born March 22, 1917 in Sosnowiec, Poland to Laib Kurland (1892-1943) and Eleonora Lola Kurland (1891-1943) and had four siblings: Herschel (b. 1920), Ester (b. 1921), Abraham (b. 1923), and Israel (b. 1926). Amalia married George (Gedalia) Londner (1912-1964) and later married Wladek Wolf Spiegelman (1906-1982).

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Amalia Kurland Spiegelman

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Amalia Kurland Spiegelman in 2000.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 18 photographs of the Kurland family, taken mostly in Sosnowiec, Poland, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

People

  • Szemion, Huna.
  • Kurland, Aron.
  • Szemion, Regina.
  • Kurland, Eleonora.
  • Cigler, Stasia.
  • Bank, Edya.
  • Spiegelman, Amalia Kurland.
  • Szemion, Wicjek.
  • Kurland, Hirsch.
  • Getter, Wolf.
  • Cyment, Esther Kurland.
  • Kurland, Lajb.
  • Chainkes, Etta Rotfeld.
  • Szeziekac, Bela.
  • Szcrekacz, Macha.

Subjects

  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--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.