Michael Kutz collection

Identifier: irn626381
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn626381

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Michael Kutz. This is an accretion to an earlier donation from 2009.

Scope and Content

Collection includes photographs, documents, negatives and scrip as well as a memoir. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Michael Kutz papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36130
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains photographic prints and documents illustrating the experiences of Michael Kutz in pre-war Nieśwież, Poland, and post-war Italy where he settled after his 1944 liberation until his immigration to Canada in March 1948.
Michael Kutz memoir
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn616372
- English
- folders 2
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains a handwritten memoir, in Yiddish, illustrating Michael Kutz's experiences during the Holocaust in Poland. Born in 1930 in Nieśwież, Poland, Michael survived a mass execution and escaped. After seeking some refuge in the home of his father's friend, he joined the Jewish Partisans participating in anti-Nazi activities and survived WWII. The memoir became the basis for the book "If, By Miracle" (Toronto: The Azrieli Foundation, 2013).
5 Lire Italian scrip
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn627921
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 2.560 inches (6.502 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Piece of Allied Military Currency issued in 1943.
1 Lire Italian currency
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn627922
- English
- 1939
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 3.060 inches (7.772 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Piece of currency issued in 1939.

Michael Kutz collection

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Michael Kutz papers

Michael Kutz memoir

5 Lire Italian scrip

1 Lire Italian currency