Fanni Reznicki collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn519040
• English
• 1942-1945
• folders 3
• Updated 8 months ago

Correspondence: postcards received by Fanni Reznicki while she was interned as a slave laborer in Ober Altstadt, a sub-camp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp; postcards sent by Regina Wohlgeschaffen (donor's mother?) in Jaworzno, Poland, all dated 1942. Fanni was in slave labor through May 1945, when she was liberated and returned to Sosnowiec, Poland; Poland and Czechoslovakia; in German. Photographs and letters kept in bag made by Fanni in Ober Altstadt.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn519047
• English
• 1942-1945
• overall: Height: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Width: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Purse made by 17-year-old Fanni Wolhgeschaffen when she was a slave laborer in Ober Altstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. She worked in a textile factory and made the bag from fabric remnants. After the German occupation of Poland in September 1939, Fanni and her family were imprisoned in the Jaworzno ghetto. In 1942, Fanni was deported to an all-women’s concentration camp and then to Ober Altstadt. The German authorities evacuated the camp in May 1945, and while on that forced march, the prisoners were liberated by the Soviet Army on May 10. Fanny returned to Poland where she was ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn519048
• English
• overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

German Reichsbank note, valued at 10,000 marks, that belonged to 17-year-old Fanni Reznicki. The front medallion depicts German artwork, Portrait of a Young Man, created by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. After the German occupation of Poland in September 1939, Fanni and her family were imprisoned in the Jaworzno ghetto. In 1942, Fanni was deported to an all-women’s concentration camp and then to Ober Altstadt concentration camp. The German authorities evacuated the camp in May 1945, and while on that forced march, the prisoners were liberated by the Soviet Army on May 10. Fanny returne...