White bead rosary on a chain with a cross

Identifier
irn8374
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.83.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8374

Extent and Medium

Height: 14.020 inches (35.611 cm) | Width: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm)

Creator(s)

  • Zofia Dymant (Subject)

Biographical History

Zofia Dymant (Sara Benet) was born in 1923 in Brzeziny, Poland. In 1940, the Gestapo interned her in the ghetto in Tomaszów, Poland. Zofia fled the ghetto with false identification papers in the name Zofia Sporzynska and went to Warsaw, Poland. During the Warsaw Uprising in October 1944, Germans captured and sent Zofia to camps in Wola, Poland, and later Namslau, Germany. The Soviet Army liberated the camp in 1945. Zofia emigrated to Sweden and later, in 1948, to the United States.

Archival History

The rosary was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Zofia Dymant.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zofia Dymant

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

White beads on chain and metal cross; Germany

Genre

  • Object
  • Christian Art and Symbolism
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