Cygielsztrajch family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn4793
• English
• 1938
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Stamped school identification photograph of Zofia (Zosia) Cygielsztrajch, at age thirteen. Image created 1938.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn4794
• English
• oversize folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Letter, written by Zofia (Zosia) Cygielsztrajch (donor's sister) in February 1943, at age nineteen, while she was in hiding in Warsaw. The letter describes living conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto, her escape of Warsaw Ghetto, and her experiences in hiding.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503778
• English
• 1993
• folders 4
• Updated 7 months ago

"Difficult years" contains information about the occupation of Warsaw and Poland by the Germans and the effect that this occupation had on the family of Mitch (Mieczysław) Cegielski's family. One draft chapter of of "Difficult years" relates to Cegielski's sister, Zosia, and includes authenticated photocopies of medical records relating to Zosia's stay in a military hospital.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503779
• English
• 1993
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains information about the early life of Mara Cygielstrejch in Lvov (L'viv), Poland, her flight to the Soviet Union, and her eventual emigration to Israel.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515560
• English
• 1944
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The papers consist of letters from Zofia Cygielsztrajch to her brother Mieczyslaw Cegielski during her stay in a military hospital in Lublin, Poland.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515696
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The collection consists of a photograph of Aleksander Stasiak as a young man and a photograph of Gustawa (Gitla) Braun Cygielsztrajach donor's mother at age 26 taken around 1918. Aleksander Stasiak was a neighbor of the Cygielsztrajach family and hid the donor's sister, Zosia, during World War II. Gustawa Cygielsztrajach died in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, in December 1941 at the age of 49.