Sprung and Braksmajer families collection
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Saul Braksmajer
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Saul Braksmajer.
Scope and Content
Documents, photographs, and correspondence illustrating the Sprung and Braksmajer families before, during, and after the Holocaust. Sisters Frieda and Blanche Sprung, born in Poland, lived in Rawa Ruska before the war, managed to secure false documents in the names of Tatiana Osemek and Katharina Lazar/Antonia Osymak respectively, and survived in several slave labor camps. Also documented is Schol Braksmajer whom married Frieda Sprung in 1947 after they met in Eschwege displaced persons camp in Germany.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document
- Photographs.