Ida Shkolnik testimony

Identifier
irn503647
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0050
  • RG-02.078.01
Dates
1 Jan 1988 - 31 Dec 1988
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Ida Shkolnik (originally Chaja Pintow) survived the Holocaust in a ghetto and later in hiding. She was married to Morris Shkolnik and they immigrated to the United States after the war.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Mrs. Shkolnik wrote the memoir in 1988 and gave the original handwritten text to the donor. Ms. Gottlieb sent it to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Department in Sept. 1992, and that department forwarded the document on to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum during the same month.

Scope and Content

Contains information about persecution of Ida Shkolnik in a ghetto in occupied Poland; her escape to a forest; her marriage to Morris Shkolnik; their life together as refugees; their immigration to the United States; and their new life in America.

People

Subjects

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.