Sheiman family photographs

Identifier
irn571051
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.452.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

oversize folder

folder

1

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Luba Sheiman (formerly Ida Salomonczyk, 1920-2001) was born in Radziejów, Poland, to parents Abraham and Rywka (Gersch) Salomonczyk in 1920. In the course of the Holocaust Luba survived internment in ghettos and concentration camps in Poland and Germany. After liberation at Bergen Belsen in 1945 Luba was reunited with loved ones from Radziejów. She remained in Germany as a displaced person until her depature for England and later immigration to the United States. In 1949 Ida married Manes Sheiman (formerly Szejman, 1912-1980) in New York. Luba and Manes had been acquianted when growing up in Radziejów. After their marriage the couple settled in the Bronx and welcomed a daughter.

Manes Sheiman (1912-1980) was born in Radziejów, Poland in 1912 to parents Itzak and Masha Szejman. Manes had several siblings, including a younger brother, Michal, and a younger sister, Gitel. In 1940 Manes and his family were forced in to the Radziejów ghetto. He was later separated from his family members when transferred to other forced labor and concentration camps, including the HASAG Rakow steel mill in Częstochowa. In 1945 Manes was liberated at Buchenwald. He later immigrated to the United States in 1949 aboard the Marine Jumper. In New York Manes reunited with Ida (later Luba) Salomonczyk whom he had known before the war. The couple married in 1949 and raised a daughter. While many of Manes’s immediate family members perished during the Holocaust his younger brother Michal survived and later settled in Israel.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sheryl Doyno

Donated by Sheryl Doyno on 13 November 2017.

Scope and Content

The Sheiman family photographs consist of three photographs depicting pre-war Jewish life in Radziejów, Poland. Included are a studio portrait of unidentified Sheiman relatives, and two group portraits, the first of pupils and teachers of a local cheder, and the second depicting the Jewish community of Radziejów gathered at the ground breaking of a new synagogue in 1938.

System of Arrangement

The Sheiman family photographs are arranged as a single series.

Subjects

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.