Mondschein family photograph collection

Identifier
irn610278
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.557.1
Dates
1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

oversize boxes

2

2 negatives,

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Czesław (later Chester) Mondschein was born on November 29, 1921 in Krakow, Poland, and was the only child of Jacob and Esther Mondschein. Anna Leniower Mondschein was born on January 31, 1923 in Krakow to Abraham (b. 1890) and Franceska (b. 1893) Leniower. She had a twin sister, Frieda, and a younger sister Ella (b. 1925). Abraham managed farms and estates before the war. After the start of World War II, both the Mondschein and Leniower families fled to the Soviet Union. Czesław and Anna met on the train, and they ended up working in labor camps in Siberia. Both families then went to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Czesław’s mother, Esther, died while they were living there. After the war both families returned to Poland, and in September 1946 went to the displaced persons camp near Steyr, Austria. Czesław and Anna married and had their son Jakob (b. 1949) while in the camp. They immigrated to the United States in 1949.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of theFamily of Chester and Anna Mondschein.

Jacob Mondschein donated the Mondschein family photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.

Scope and Content

The Mondschein family photograph collection contains five photograph albums relating to the Mondschein and Leniower families in Poland prior to the World War II, and their post-war time in the displaced persons camp near Steyr, Austria, 1946-1949.

System of Arrangement

Photograph albums are arranged by donor-assigned numbering.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Jacob Mondschein

People

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.