Stella and Chester Szczesny collection

Identifier: irn685162
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn685162

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Edward Szczesny, the son of Stella and Chester Szczesny.

Scope and Content

Photographs documentating memorialization of Polish Roman Catholic Stanislawa and Czeslaw Szczesny, both survivors of multiple concentration camps and attempts to drown victims (some who survived) Thielbeck and Deutschland ships. Postwar identity card for Czeslaw and wallet in which all were kept.

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Stella and Chester Szczesny papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn698767
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains photographs documentating the memorialization of Polish Roman Catholics Stanisława and Czesław Szczesny, both survivors of multiple concentration camps and attempts to drown victims (some who survived) on the Thielbeck and Deutschland ships. The collection also includes a postwar identity card for Czesław.
Wallet
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn698772
- English
- overall: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago

Stella and Chester Szczesny collection

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Stella and Chester Szczesny papers

Wallet