Olga and Werner Leszynski collection

Identifier: irn524346
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524346

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Carol Baldridge.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Olga and Werner Leszynski and their daughter, Ruth, in Berlin, Germany, and Prague, Czechoslovakia, and their emigration to the United States before the Holocaust.

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Carol Baldridge papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42969
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contgains documents related to the experiences of Olga and Werner Leszynski and their immigration from Nazi Germany to the United States.
Silver engraved candelabrum commemorating the Stolp synagogue saved by Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42970
- English
- 1895
- overall: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Depth: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) a: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Diameter: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) b: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) c: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Diameter: 2.700 inches (6.858 cm) d: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Diameter: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) e: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Diameter: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silver engraved candelabrum that Olga and Werner Leszynski brought with them when they fled Nazi Germany in March 1939. It is one of a pair of candelabra dedicated on the 25th Anniversary of the synagogue in Stolp, Germany (Slupsk, Poland). The synagogue, built in 1901-1902, was set on fire and destroyed by Nazi supporters during Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938. In early 1939, the scientific journal for which Werner worked sent him to Prague. He then sent for Olga and their 3 year old daughter, Ruth, who arrived in March. The Bohemia and Moravia region of Czechoslovakia, where Prague was lo...
Silver engraved candelabrum commemorating the Stolp synagogue saved by refugees from Nazi Germany
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42971
- English
- 1895
- overall: Height: 22.875 inches (58.103 cm) | Width: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Depth: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) a: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Diameter: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) b: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) c: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) d: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) e: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Diameter: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silver engraved candelabrum that Olga and Werner Leszynski brought with them when they fled Nazi Germany in March 1939. It is one of a pair of candelabra dedicated on the 25th Anniversary of the synagogue in Stolp, Germany (Slupsk, Poland). The synagogue, built in 1901-1902, was set on fire and destroyed by Nazi supporters during Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938. In early 1939, the scientific journal for which Werner worked sent him to Prague. He then sent for Olga and their 3 year old daughter, Ruth, who arrived in March. The Bohemia and Moravia region of Czechoslovakia, where Prague was lo...

Olga and Werner Leszynski collection

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Carol Baldridge papers

Silver engraved candelabrum commemorating the Stolp synagogue saved by Jewish refugees

Silver engraved candelabrum commemorating the Stolp synagogue saved by refugees from Nazi Germany