Mina Goldstein Papers

Identifier
irn543384
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.149
Dates
1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Swedish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn543384

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Jakob Grochowski
  • Mina Goldstein

Biographical History

Mina Lewkowicz (sometimes spelled Minna, later Mina Goldstein) was born on 1 April 1924 in Łódź, Poland. After the German invasion of Poland in 1939 she and her parents were interned in Łódź ghetto in March 1940. Mina and her mother Zlata were deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in October 1944. Mina worked in the tailor shop sewing SS uniforms. She was paid in camp scrip, but there was nothing to buy with it. Mina was rescued by the Swedish Red Cross in April 1945, when Ravensbrück inmates were transported to Sweden by special arrangement with the German government. Her mother perished in Ravensbrück. She was reunited with her father at a displaced persons camp in Berlin after May 1945. Mina later married Jakob Grochowski (born 20 July 1915), a survivor of the Płaszów ghetto and Mauthausen.

Jakob Grochowski changed his name from Goldstein to Grochowski to escape antisemitism in postwar Poland. [see curatorial file]

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mina Goldstein

Donated to USHMM in 1996 by Mina (Lewkowicz) Goldstein.

Scope and Content

The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Mina Goldstein (née Lewkowicz), a survivor of the Łódź ghetto and Ravensbrück concentration camp. Included are wartime photographs taken in the Łódź and Warsaw ghettos, a studio portrait of Mina and her parents wearing Star of David badges, Documents include postwar identification cards issued to Mina identifying her as a Jewish refugee in the Düppel Center displaced persons camp and as a former prisoner of Ravensbrück, and her future husband Jakob Grochowski (Goldstein) as a former prisoner of Mauthausen. Also included is a newspaper clippings from Sweden regarding former prisoners of Ravensbrück and a document related to restitution.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

People

  • Goldstein, Mina.
  • Mina Goldstein
  • Jakob Grochowski

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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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