Anna Friedman Prager papers

Identifier
irn510522
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.243.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn510522

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Anna F. Prager

Biographical History

Anna Friedman Prager was born as Chana Sima Frydman on January 6, 1936, in Chmielnik, Poland, to Icek and Tema Frydman. In June 1940 the Soviets expelled Tema, Icek, and Anna Frydman to Bodaybo (Bodaibo), a forced labor camp in Siberia. They were released in 1943 and migrated to Samarkand (Samarqand) in Uzbekistan. In 1945 the Frydmans immigrated illegally to Sweden and settled in Landskrona where they remained until 1949.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Anna Friedman Prager in 2002.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of 21 postcards and eight letters written by different members of the Sylman family in Chmielnik to Icek, Tema and Haneczka Frydman in Siberia; dates August 1940-May 1941; location Chmielnik ghetto in Poland, in Polish.

People

  • Anna F. Prager
  • Prager, Anna.

Subjects

  • Chmielnik (Poland)

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.

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