Charles and Malka Bilfeld family Collection

Identifier: irn617613
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn617613

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Anna Moscovitch, the daughter of Charles and Malka Bilfeld.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of prayer books, a cup, a bowl, an identification card, and photographs relating to the experiences of Szapse (Charles) and Malka Bilfeld and their son Mozes (Marvin) in Poland and the Soviet Union before and during the Holocaust, and in Germany, where their daughter Chana (Anna) was born, and the United States after the Holocaust.

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Malka and Shapse Bilfeld collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn624354
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains photographs and an identification card illustrating the experiences of Malke and Shapsie and their son Moses, who were from Majdan, Poland and fled east into the Ural Mountains. Includes images from their time as displaced persons in Ulm, Germany, where their daughter Chana was born.
The Prayer Service for the Entire Year Inscribed Ashkenazic Siddur used by a Jewish Polish man in a displaced persons camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn624358
- English
- 1946-1949
- overall: Height: 5.625 inches (14.287 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Hebrew prayer book used by Szapse (Charles) Bilfeld while living in Displaced Persons (DP) camps near Ulm, Germany, with his family between 1946 and 1949. Szapse, his wife Malka, their son Mozes, and their Bilfeld and Fuchs relatives were living in Majdan / Majdan Królewski (also known as Kolbuszowa), Poland, when German forces invaded on September 12, 1939. Majdan remained under German control when the Soviet Union annexed eastern Poland in mid-September. By the beginning of 1940, Jews in Majdan were only allowed to leave the village if they did so as part of a forced labor battalion. In J...
Inscribed Siddur carried through hiding and slave labor by a Jewish Polish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn624359
- English
- overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Hebrew prayer book carried by Szapse (Charles) Bilfeld while living in hiding and then as a forced laborer in the Soviet Union, with his family from 1940 to 1945. Szapse, his wife Malka, their son Mozes, and their Bilfeld and Fuchs relatives were living in Majdan / Majdan Królewski (also known as Kolbuszowa), Poland, when German forces invaded on September 12, 1939. Majdan remained under German control when the Soviet Union annexed eastern Poland in mid-September. By the beginning of 1940, Jews in Majdan were only allowed to leave the village if they did so as part of a forced labor battali...
Enameled metal drinking cup used by a Jewish infant in a displaced persons camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn624360
- English
- overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Enameled mug used by Chana (Anna) Bilfeld, as an infant living in Displaced Persons (DP) camps near Ulm, Germany, with her family between 1948 and 1949. Chana was born in 1948, to Szapse and Malka Fuchs Bilfeld. Chana's parents, her brother Mozes, and her Bilfeld and Fuchs relatives were living in Maidan / Majdan Królewski (also known as Kolbuszowa), Poland, when German forces invaded on September 12, 1939. Majdan remained under German control when the Soviet Union annexed eastern Poland in mid-September. By the beginning of 1940, Jews in Majdan were only allowed to leave the village if the...
Enameled metal soup plate used by a Jewish Polish man in a displaced persons camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn624373
- English
- overall: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Diameter: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Enameled bowl used by Szapse (Charles) Bilfeld while living in Displaced Persons (DP) camps near Ulm, Germany, with his family between 1946 and 1949. Szapse, his wife Malka, their son Mozes, and their Bilfeld and Fuchs relatives were living in Majdan / Majdan Królewski (also known as Kolbuszowa), Poland, when German forces invaded on September 12, 1939. Majdan remained under German control when the Soviet Union annexed eastern Poland in mid-September. By the beginning of 1940, Jews in Majdan were only allowed to leave the village if they did so as part of a forced labor battalion. In July, ...

Charles and Malka Bilfeld family Collection

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Malka and Shapse Bilfeld collection

The Prayer Service for the Entire Year Inscribed Ashkenazic Siddur used by a Jewish Polish man in a displaced persons camp

Inscribed Siddur carried through hiding and slave labor by a Jewish Polish survivor

Enameled metal drinking cup used by a Jewish infant in a displaced persons camp

Enameled metal soup plate used by a Jewish Polish man in a displaced persons camp