Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski collection

Identifier: irn84729
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a forced labor badge, a wooden box, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski and his family in Torun, Gdynia, and Warsaw, Poland, Breslau, Germany, Majdanek concentration camp, and the United States before, during, and after World War II.

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Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn108150
- English
- 1931-1983
- folders 2
- Updated 1 year ago
The Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski papers consist of biographical materials and photographs documenting Zbigniew Piotrowski, his family’s life in Toruń and Gdynia before World War II and in Warsaw during the war, his father’s furniture workshops, his service on the MS Batory after the war, his immigration to the United States, and his service in the US Army Signal Corps in the 1950s. Biographical materials include Zbigniew’s birth certificate and student ID card; his parents’ marriage certificate; Warsaw shelter instructions; a postcard Zbigniew wrote from his hiding place in Trzebinia to his ...
Forced labor badge worn by a Roman Catholic Polish youth
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn108276
- English
- overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Forced labor badge worn by 14-year-old Zbigniew Piotrowski, to identify him as a Polish forced laborer near Breslau, Germany, between August and November 1944. Zbigniew was a Roman Catholic boy living with his parents, three brothers, and sister, in the port city of Gdynia, Poland, when the German army invaded on September 1, 1939. Shortly after, one of his brothers was abducted off the street for forced labor by the German authorities, and the rest of the family was forcibly transported to the city of Lublin. Zbigniew’s brother was released, and the family relocated to Warsaw, where all bu...
Inscribed wooden box with painted lid bought by a Roman Catholic Polish former forced laborer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn108277
- English
- overall: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Wooden box with a painted lid, purchased by 14-year-old Zbigniew Piotrowski in November 1944 while waiting for his train to escape forced labor in Breslau, Germany. Zbigniew was a Roman Catholic boy living with his parents, three brothers, and sister, in the port city of Gdynia, Poland, when the German army invaded on September 1, 1939. Shortly after, one of his brothers was abducted off the street for forced labor by the German authorities, and the rest of the family was forcibly transported to the city of Lublin. Zbigniew’s brother was released, and the family relocated to Warsaw, where a...

Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski collection

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Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski papers

Forced labor badge worn by a Roman Catholic Polish youth

Inscribed wooden box with painted lid bought by a Roman Catholic Polish former forced laborer