Regina and Halina Goldwag collection

Identifier: irn79583
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn79583

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Annlee Herbstman, Bert Rosenberg, and Mark Rosenberg, the grandchildren and children of Regina and Halina Goldwag.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a pin badge, a Rentenmark note, two luggage tags, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Regina Zak Goldwag and her daughter Halina in Poland and Germany before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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Regina and Halina Goldwag papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn105272
- English
- 1944-1949
- folders 9
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Regina (née Zak) Goldwag and her daughter Halina (later Halina Rosenberg), both of Warsaw, Poland. Both women survived the war under the false identities of Polish non-Jews Jadwiga and Halina Orlowska. Documents of Halina Goldwag include wartime documents under the false identity used while she was a forced-laborer in several concentration camps in Leipzig, immigration papers, and restitution documentation. Photographs include pre-war family photographs of the Zak and Goldwag families, post-war photographs of Halina and Regina in the...
German Rentenbank, 1 Rentenmark note, acquired by a Polish Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn105300
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Rentenbank note, valued at 1 Rentenmark, acquired by Regina Zak Goldwag or her daughter Halina while in Germany during or after World War II. The money was distributed for use in Germany from January 1937 to 1948. Regina and her two children, Halina and Ludwik, were living in Warsaw when the German army invaded Poland, on September 1, 1939. Ludwik soon left to join the Polish army, but after Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned Poland, he got stuck behind the Soviet border. In October 1940, Regina and Halina were forced to relocate to Warsaw’s newly established Jewish ghetto. In the sum...
Forced laborer identification badge worn by a Polish Jewish woman using a false identity
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn105314
- English
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Identification badge worn by Regina Zak Goldwag, or her daughter Halina, while working as forced laborers at the Dr. Gaspary & Co. factory in Markranstädt, Germany, at the end of World War II. Regina and her two children, Halina and Ludwik, were living in Warsaw when the German army invaded Poland, on September 1, 1939. Ludwik soon left to join the Polish army, but after Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned Poland, he got stuck behind the Soviet border. In October 1940, Regina and Halina were forced to relocate to Warsaw’s newly established Jewish ghetto. In the summer of 1942, they...
Luggage tag used by a Polish Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn105322
- English
- overall: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Luggage tag used by Regina Zak Goldwag while sailing on the Marine Flasher, the first transport of refugees to the United States in May 1946. Regina and her two children, Halina and Ludwik, were living in Warsaw when the German army invaded Poland, on September 1, 1939. Ludwik soon left to join the Polish army, but after Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned Poland, he got stuck behind the Soviet border. In October 1940, Regina and Halina were forced to relocate to Warsaw’s newly established Jewish ghetto. In the summer of 1942, they were introduced to someone who could smuggle them out ...
Luggage tag used by a Polish Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn105344
- English
- overall: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Luggage tag used by Halina Goldwag Rosenberg while sailing on the Marine Flasher, the first transport of refugees to the United States in May 1946. Halina, her mother, Regina and her brother, Ludwik were living in Warsaw when the German army invaded Poland, on September 1, 1939. Ludwik soon left to join the Polish army, but after Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned Poland, he got stuck behind the Soviet border. In October 1940, Regina and Halina were forced to relocate to Warsaw’s newly established Jewish ghetto. In the summer of 1942, they were introduced to someone who could smuggle ...

Regina and Halina Goldwag collection

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Regina and Halina Goldwag papers

German Rentenbank, 1 Rentenmark note, acquired by a Polish Jewish survivor

Forced laborer identification badge worn by a Polish Jewish woman using a false identity

Luggage tag used by a Polish Jewish survivor

Luggage tag used by a Polish Jewish survivor