Sass and Sygal families papers
Extent and Medium
folders
18
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of David and Harvey Sass
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 and correspondence. 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 tasked with constructing Majdanek.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Corporate Bodies
Genre
- Photographs.
- Correspondence.
- Document