Henrik Roth family collection

Identifier: irn533057
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn533057

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Isabelle Roth.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a hanukiyah, pocket watch and stand, two copyprints, and three prayerbooks relating to the experiences of Henrik, Celina, and George (b. 1941) Rath (later Roth), during the Holocaust which they survived by living under assumed identities in Poland and after the war when they lived in Paris, France, from 1947-1951.

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Rath family photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn543031
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains two copyprints of the Rath family.
Jewish prayerbook belonging to a family living in hiding in Poland
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn543032
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Part of three prayerbooks, two in Poland with Henrik Rath during WWII and one probably given to Henrik in Paris while he and his wife Celina and children lived between 1947-1951. Henrik and Celina were in Poland and Hungary on false IDs during the war.
Prayerbook belonging to a Jewish refugee hiding in Poland
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn543034
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Part of three prayerbooks, two in Poland with Henrik Rath during WWII and one probably given to Henrik in Paris while he and his wife Celina and children lived between 1947-1951. Henrik and Celina were in Poland and Hungary on false IDs during the war.
Prayerbook belonging to a Jewish refugee hiding in Poland
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn543036
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Part of three prayerbooks, two in Poland with Henrik Rath during WWII and one probably given to Henrik in Paris while he and his wife Celina and children lived between 1947-1951. Henrik and Celina were in Poland and Hungary on false IDs during the war.
Oil Hanukiah used by a Polish Jewish refugee family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn543065
- English
- overall: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Oil Hanukiah used in Paris after the war by the Rath family who survived in Poland under assumed identities.
Pocket watch with stand used by a Polish Jewish man while living in hiding
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn543066
- English
- a: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) b: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Diameter: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pocket watch with stand used by Henrik Rath throughout the war when he and his family lived in Poland under assumed identities.

Henrik Roth family collection

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Rath family photographs

Jewish prayerbook belonging to a family living in hiding in Poland

Prayerbook belonging to a Jewish refugee hiding in Poland

Prayerbook belonging to a Jewish refugee hiding in Poland

Oil Hanukiah used by a Polish Jewish refugee family

Pocket watch with stand used by a Polish Jewish man while living in hiding