Cheryl Mordfin collection

Identifier
irn524023
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.57.1
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1957
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish.
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524023

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Cheryl Mordfin

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Cheryl Mordfin.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of a record book containing the meeting minutes of the Zduńska Wola Relief Organization; written and kept by Anna Katzowsky, donor's grandmother, who was recording secretary. Also includes a blank postcard sent out for meeting notifications inserted inside front cover; dated 1940-1957, in Chicago, Illinois. Anna Waksman Katzowsky immigrated to the U.S. from Zduńska Wola, Poland in the 1920s. She and others would meet regularly to collect money to send along with packages to family and friends still living in Zdunska Wola during WWII and after liberation when some had moved to the displaced persons camps.

Subjects

  • Zduńska Wola (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief.
  • Chicago (Illinois)
  • Charity -- Associations, institutions, etc.

Genre

  • Document
  • Postcards.
  • Minutes.
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.