Sass and Sygal families collection

Identifier
irn715011
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collections was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by David and Harvey Sass, the sons of Paul and Bernice Sass.

Scope and Content

Consists of documents, photographs, correspondence, German POW camp issue scrip, and wallet/document holder. The collection pertains to the experience of Paul (Pesach) Sass, his wife Bernice (Bronia) Sass (née Sygal) and their families. A number of Sass and Segal family members survived the Holocaust in Poland. They later lived as displaced persons in Cremona, Italy where 3 Sass siblings (Pesach, Schaja, and Nechama) married three Sygal siblings (Bronia, Ruth, and Szamu). The collection also includes a document confirming Pesach Sass's release from Majdanek in February 1942 to return to Skalat. At the time Pesach Sass was among the Polish POWs from the Lipowa 7 labor camp takes with constructing Majdanek.

Genre

  • Collection
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