Breznik and Zylberglajt families collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562899
• English
• 1936-1950
• box 1
• Updated 12 months ago

Contains letters and postcards from the Zylberglajt family in Warsaw, where Jankel Zylberglajt (donor’s paternal grandfather) was an owner of toy company at 51 Nowolipie Street; dated: 1936-1941 in Yiddish and Polish; other letters and postcards are from Zeev Zylberglajt’s friends and relatives, before the war and during the war from USSR and after the war from Poland, Germany and Cyprus. Also includes photographs depicting the Breznik family in Boremel, and different friends Arie befriended in the Feladafing DP camp and in the Cyprus transit camp. Among the survivors was Leon Zylberglajt (...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn563265
• English
• a: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 6.125 inches (15.558 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) b: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 7.187 inches (18.255 cm) | Depth: 2.812 inches (7.142 cm) c: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.938 inches (2.383 cm) d: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.938 inches (2.383 cm) e: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.938 inches (2.383 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Limestone sculpture done by Arie Breznik (donor’s maternal cousin) from Boremel, Ukraine

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn563268
• English
• a: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Depth: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) b: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 6.125 inches (15.558 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) c: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) d: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) e: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) f: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) g: Height: 0.825 inches (2.096 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) h: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Soapstone writing set made by Arie Berznik, the donor's maternal uncle, which he made in Cyprus transit camp after surviving the Holocaust.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn634789
• English
• overall: Height: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Width: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Ink Drawing: done by Moshe Breznik (Arie’s 10-years-old brother), depicting Theodor Zeev Herzl. Arie kept it throughout the war in USSR.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn634796
• English
• a: Height: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Width: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Depth: 0.688 inches (1.748 cm) b: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 1.938 inches (4.923 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) c: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Depth: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) d: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) e: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) f: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) g: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Llimestone sculpture done by Arie Breznik (donor’s maternal cousin) from Boremel, Ukraine depicting a symbolic grave for his family

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn634837
• English
• folder oversize box 1 1
• Updated 12 months ago

Contains an autograph ("Poesie") book owned by the donor's mother signed by her friends on the eve of her departure for Palestine in 1933, photographs, and correspondence,