Henry Green papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Henry Green
Biographical History
Henry Green (born Heniek Gruenbaum, nicknamed Chaim, 1921-2012) was born on 21 February 1921 in a suburb of Łódź, Poland to Fishl and Sara Gruenbaum. He had one older brother, Joseph (c.1914-c.1997), and one older sister. His father owned two restaurants and was also a cantor. Henry was deported to the Łódź ghetto. He fled Poland for Russia and was in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) at the end of the war. His parents and sister all perished during the Holocaust. His brother Joseph survived in the Dachau concentration camp. Henry lived in Munich after the war. He immigrated to the United States in 1951 and settled in New York. Joseph also immigrated to the U.S., and they co-owned a suit factory. Henry married Anna Dzialoczynska (1930-2004), who also survived the Łódź ghetto, in 1953. They had three children: Jerrold (b. 1954), Sherry (b. 1959), and Bruce (b. 1961).
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jerrold Green
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Jerrold Green, son of Henry Green.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of Holocaust survivor Henry Green's (born Heniek Gruenbaum, nicknamed Chaim) Declaration of Intention (1951) and naturalization certificate (1956); pre-war family photographs of his family including his parents, Fishl and Sara Gruenbaum, brother Joseph, and sister; post-war photographs of Henry; and a personal narrative by his cousin Henry S. Newman entitled "Budzyn (and the "Show of Shows")."
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single folder.
People
- Green, Henry, 1921-2012.
Subjects
- Jews--Poland.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
- Personal narratives.