Olga Waldman Wisen and Mark Wisen collection

Identifier: irn524130
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524130

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Linda Wisen, the daughter-in-law of Olga Wisen.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Olga Wisen and her son, Mark, in a displaced persons camp in Germany after the Holocaust.

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Green wool US Army blanket owned by a Jewish refugee who survived by assuming a Catholic identity
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn38511
- English
- 1960-1962
- overall: Height: 86.250 inches (219.075 cm) | Width: 63.500 inches (161.29 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
US Army green wool blanket owned by Mark Wisen, who as a young Jewish boy survived the Holocaust from 1941-1944 by pretending to be Catholic. Mark, 11, and his mother Olga were visiting her parents in Srerszeniowce, Poland, when it was occupied by Soviet forces in September 1939. In March 1941, Germany broke the Nazi-Soviet Pact and invaded the town, deporting many Jewish inhabitants to the Tluste ghetto (Tovste, Ukraine). Olga procured false identities and she and Mark escaped from the ghetto to Podhajce where they met Olga's brother, Israel. Afraid that they had been recognized, they went...
Green striped wool knit cardigan made from a US Army blanket by a Jewish refugee in a DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn38512
- English
- 1945-1949
- overall: Height: 22.500 inches (57.15 cm) | Width: 17.500 inches (44.45 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Green wool cardigan made by Olga Waldman while she was living in the Neu Friemann displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany, from 1945-1949. She knitted the sweater from the wool yarn of an unraveled US Army blanket. Olga and her eleven year old son, Mark, were visiting her parents in Srerszeniowce, Poland, when it was occupied by Soviet forces in September 1939. In March 1941, Germany broke the Nazi-Soviet Pact and invaded the town, deporting many Jewish inhabitants to the Tluste ghetto (Tovste, Ukraine). Olga procured false identities and she and her son escaped from the ghetto to Podha...

Olga Waldman Wisen and Mark Wisen collection

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Green wool US Army blanket owned by a Jewish refugee who survived by assuming a Catholic identity

Green striped wool knit cardigan made from a US Army blanket by a Jewish refugee in a DP camp