Chana Pergerycht Wandersman collection

Identifier: irn533517
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Suzanne Wandersman, the daughter of Chana Pergerycht Wandersman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a leather satchel, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences of Chana Pergerycht Wandersman in Parschnitz labor camp in Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust, and in Feldafing displaced persons (DP) camp in Germany after the Holocaust.

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Suzanne Wandersman collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn543063
- English
- folders 2
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains correspondence from Abram and Sheindl Pergerycht and their children in the Środula ghetto to their daughter and sister, Chana Pergerycht, in the Parschnitz (Porici) forced labor camp, a sub-camp of Gross Rosen. Includes photographs of family and friends of Chana Hanka Pergerycht, sent to her from Bedzin to the Parschnitz camp and after the war, from the Rychbach and Feldafing DP camps, between 1945 to 1948.
Brown leather satchel used by a Polish Jewish prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn543064
- English
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 13.375 inches (33.973 cm) | Depth: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Leather satchel used by Chana Pergerycht Wandersman to hold correspondence she received from family and friends during the time she was held at Parschnitz labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, from December 1941 to May 1945. She also used the bag similarly while living at Feldafing displaced persons (DP) camp in Germany. Before the Holocaust, Chana lived with her parents, Abram Mordka and Sheindl, and her five siblings in Będzin, Poland. The German army entered their town on September 4, 1939, three days after the German invasion of Poland. In December 1941, 15-year-old Chana was d...

Chana Pergerycht Wandersman collection

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Suzanne Wandersman collection

Brown leather satchel used by a Polish Jewish prisoner