Regina Holczer collection

Identifier
irn59325
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.522.1
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn59325

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hanna Keselman

Hanna Keselman donated her aunt's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of one handwritten poem, in Polish, which was presented in Zbąszyń, Poland to Regina Holzer for her birthday on January 22, 1939. The poem was written and presented by German Jews who were ethnically Polish and were expelled to Zbąszyń, Poland, in 1938, and the text celebrates Holzer's assistance with cooking and food, noting that next year they will be in the United States. Also includes a copy print depicting a group of Jews sent to Zbąszyń, including Regina, taken in 1938. Includes an English language translation of the poem.

People

  • Holczer, Regina.

Subjects

  • Zbąszyń (Poland)
  • Jews--Poland--Zbąszyń--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Document
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