Leonard Teski photograph collection

Identifier
irn523670
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.345
  • 1996.176
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523670

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leonard Teski

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Leonard Teski in 2000.

Scope and Content

Four photographs depicting Leonard Teski's parents, Maria Szelagowska Teski and Edward Teski, their daughter Joanna, and Janek Kon Konorski, a Jewish boy whom they hid during World War II. The first photograph depicts Maria and Edward with friends in 1938 a few months before their wedding. The second depicts, from right to left, Maria, Janek (age 7), and Joanna, the third depicts Janek and Joanna, and the fourth depicts Janek, all in August 1942 in Międzylesie, Poland.

People

  • Teski, Edward.
  • Konorski, Janek Kon.
  • Teski, Maria.
  • Teski, Joanna.

Subjects

  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Międzylesie.
  • Hidden children (Holocaust)--Poland--Międzylesie.
  • Międzylesie (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.