Charles and Malka Bilfeld family 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.

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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, ...