Shevach Biegeleisen and Emanuel Stein family collection

Identifier: irn36113
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 2009 by Dan and Ruth Galai, Maya Galai, and Noya Galai, on behalf of Dr. Emanuel Stein, the father of Ruth Galai.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the families of Shevach Biegeleisen and Emanuel Stein in Lwow and Krakow, Poland before and during the Holocaust and of Dr. Stein and his family during and after their emigration to the United States.

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Shevach Biegeleisen and Emanuel Stein family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn37481
- English
- 1938-1944
- folders 4
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains correspondence from Shevach Biegeleissen in Lvov and family to his son and daughter-in-law in Palestine; a memoir of Dr. Emanuel Stein; documents and photographs relating to Biegeleisen and Stein families in Krakow and Lwow before the war; and a memoir written by Dr. Aleksandrowicz, survivor of the Krakow ghetto, in Polish.
Glass kiddush cup with red and gold bands and the Hebrew word Shabbat saved from the Warsaw ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn37482
- English
- 1940-1945
- overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Diameter: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Glass kiddush cup with red painted leaves and Shabbat in gold letters that was used in the Warsaw ghetto from 1940-1945. It was given to Dr. Emanuel Stein in New York City by a patient who was a survivor of the ghetto and had no relatives. Dr. Stein and his family fled Krakow, Poland, following the invasion by Nazi Germany in September 1939. They managed to get to Mexico, via Lithuania, Russia, Japan, and Mexico, by the end of 1940. They eventually settled in New York where Dr. Stein had a medical practice from 1944 until his retirement in 1977.

Shevach Biegeleisen and Emanuel Stein family collection

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Shevach Biegeleisen and Emanuel Stein family papers

Glass kiddush cup with red and gold bands and the Hebrew word Shabbat saved from the Warsaw ghetto