Book
Creator(s)
- Icchok Lejb Perec (Author)
- Neuman & Tomaszewski (Publisher)
Archival History
The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Zofia Burowska.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zofia Burowska
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Book once in the Gordonia Library, From the Unknown World: Hasidic and folk tales, found by Zofie Chorowicz after the war when she returned to Krakow, Poland, ca. May 1945 after liberation. Zofia, 18, and her mother Rachela were forced to move into the Krakow ghetto, established by German authorities in March 1941. In 1941 or 1942, they were moved to Wolbrom, Poland. During a selection on September 5, 1942, Zofia was sent to a labor camp in Krakow. Her mother was killed. In fall 1943, Zofia was sent to be a slave laborer in the HASAG factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna labor camp. In August 1944, she was transferred to the HASAG factory in Leipzig-Schoenefeld, Germany. In April 1945, the camp was evacuated and Zofia was sent on a death march. On April 29, she was liberated by British forces near Cavertitz, Germany. Zofia returned to Krakow after the war ended.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
x, 223 p. ; 19 cm. In Polish; Translated from Yiddish Missing pages 1 - 4 and all pages after 188
on binding, handwritten, ink : 588 inside front cover, stamped, in Hebrew: Irena Bykowska Przemysl Smolki 9 / Gordonia Library, Book No. 598 inside first page, Yiddish stamp
Subjects
- Jewish homiletical illustrations.
- Jewish literature.
- Folk literature, Yiddish--Translations into English.
- Hasidism.
Genre
- Object
- Books and Published Materials