Zyga Butler collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn545348
• English
• 1939-1979
• folders 13
• Updated 7 months ago

The Zyga Butler papers include a diary, correspondence, and photographs as well as academic, claims, employment, immigration, medical, and military records documenting Butler’s family, his military service in the Polish Army (Anders Army) during the war, the loss of his wife and son in the Holocaust, and his immigration to Australia. Butler composed his diary between 1943 and 1944 in places including Jalawla, Iraq and Bashīt, Palestine while he served in the Anders Army and Ormskirk, Lancashire while he convalesced. It opens with a description of how much he missed his wife and son. He deci...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562969
• English
• 1930
• Updated 7 months ago

Prayer book, Hebrew, published in Tel-Aviv by the Omanuth Co. Ltd. in 1930.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562970
• English
• overall: Height: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Pair of ID tags for Zygfryd Bernstein, made of pressed board and attached to a length of rope.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562971
• English
• a: Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) b: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) c: Height: 0.810 inches (2.057 cm) | Width: 3.188 inches (8.098 cm) | Depth: 2.188 inches (5.558 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Round silver medal together with a certificate and the box in which the medal and certificate were shipped to Mr. S. Butler in Victoria, Australia in 1968. The medal has a portrait of King George VI on one side and the dates 1939-1945 and "The Defence Metal" engraved on the other. The certificate indicates that the medal was granted for service during the war of 1939-45 by the Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Army). The medal has an attached bar for use with a ribbon (not included).

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562972
• English
• a: Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) b: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Round silver medal together with a certificate. The medal has a portrait of King George VI on one side and the dates 1939-1945 and an image of a lion engraved on the other. The certificate indicates that the medal was granted for service during the war of 1939-45 by the Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Army). The medal has an attached bar for use with a ribbon (not included).

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562973
• English
• a: Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) b: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Round silver medal (a) together with a certificate (b) and the box in which the medal was shipped to Mr. Z. Bernstein in Cheshire, UK. The medal has a portrait of King George VI on one side and the dates 1939-1945 and the words "The Defence Medal" engraved on the other. The certificate indicates that the medal was granted for service during the war of 1939-45 by the Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Army). The medal has an attached bar with an orange and green striped length of ribbon.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562982
• English
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Round silver medal with a portrait of King George V on one side and the dates 1914-1918 and the image of a horse and rider on the other. The medal has an attached bar with an orange and green striped length of ribbon.