Bernard and Sarah Widman collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn85984
• English
• 1946-2006
• box 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Collection of documents, identification papers, correspondence and photographs relating to Bernard (Baruch)and Sarah Widman and their experiences during the Holocaust. The majority of the papers are restitution papers filed by the Widmans and include medical reports, testimonies, forms, receipts, and legal correspondence. Also includes immigration and naturalization papers, family photographs and Baruch Widman’s DP identification card.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn85985
• English
• 1941-1945
• a: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Set of tefillin kept with Baruch Widman in eastern Poland from 1941 to 1945 throughout the war. Baruch’s mother Regina told him to keep the tefillin with him because it would save him. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. In September 1939, Soviet forces occupied eastern Poland, including Rozniatow, where Baruch lived with his family. In August 1941, it was occupied by Germany. In summer 1942, Baruch, parents Regina and Salomon, and brother Oscar were sent to a labor camp in B...