Mieczyslaw Cegielski papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Zofia Cygielsztrajch
- Mieczyslaw Cegielski
Biographical History
Mitch (Mieczysław) Cegielski (pen name Mark Jakobson) was born to a Jewish family in Warsaw, Poland. After the Holocaust, he immigrated to the United States and settled in Nebraska.
Zofia (Zosia) Cygielsztrajch was born in Warsaw on January 13, 1925. She lived in the Warsaw Ghetto and survived the mass deportations in the summer of 1942. In February of 1943 she escaped from the ghetto and hid at the home of Mr. Stasiak. She remained in hiding until she was liberated in September 1944. She was hospitalized from September 20, 1944 until her death on November 7, 1944. She died of consumption in Lublin, Poland. [source: donor letter, 5-20-92]
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mieczyslaw Cegielski
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Mieczyslaw Cegielski in 1991.
Scope and Content
The papers consist of letters from Zofia Cygielsztrajch to her brother Mieczyslaw Cegielski during her stay in a military hospital in Lublin, Poland.
People
- Mieczyslaw Cegielski
- Cegielski, Mitch.
- Zofia Cygielsztrajch
- Cegielski, Zosia.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Hospitals--Poland--Lublin.
- Lublin (Poland)
- World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--Poland--Lublin.
- Military hospitals--Poland--Lublin.
Genre
- Document
- Letters.