Harold Minuskin family collection

Identifier: irn41486
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn41486

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Harold Minuskin, the son of Sam and Sonia Minuskin.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two Russian ruble coins and a HIAS pin relating to the experiences of Shanke (Sonia) Minuskin, her husband Shlamke, and their two children, Henikel and Kalmanke, while living in hiding in Bialowieza Forest in Poland and Belarus during the Holocaust and in Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany after World War II.

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Souvenir pin with the words HIAS and Bremen and two boxes given to a young Jewish Polish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42512
- English
- 1946
- a: Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) b: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) c: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin inscribed HIAS Bremen 1946 with a display case and a cardboard box given to 8 year old Henikel Minuskin in 1946 when he emigrated from Germany to the United States with his family on board the Marine Marlin. After his hometown, Zhetel, Poland, was occupied by Germany in June 1941, he and his family lived with partisans in the Lipichanski forest in Poland (Bialowieza Forest (Poland and Belarus) from 1942-1944. His father, Shlamke, was a member of the Lenin Partisan Brigade and Henikel, his mother, Shanke, and his baby brother, Kalmanke, lived with the group. The area was liberated by the...
Imperial Russia, gold 10 ruble coin saved by a Jewish Polish family living in hiding with partisans
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42513
- English
- 1899
- overall: | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
10 ruble gold coin hidden by Shanke Minuskin when she and her family lived with partisans in the Lipichanski forest in Poland (Bialowieza Forest (Poland and Belarus) from 1942-1944. The coins were used to bargain for food, clothing, and weapons from the local peasants; if the currency was not accepted, force often was used instead. Shanke, her husband, Shlamke, her sons, 3 year old Henikel and 1 year old Kalmanke, fled Zhetel, Poland, shortly after it was occupied by Germany in June 1941. Shlamke escaped to the Belorussian forest where he joined a group of partisan fighters. Shanke and the ...
Imperial Russia, gold 5 ruble coin saved by a Jewish Polish family living with partisans
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42514
- English
- 1942-1944
- overall: | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
5 ruble gold coin hidden by Shanke Minuskin when she and her family lived with partisans in the Lipichanski forest in Poland (Bialowieza Forest (Poland and Belarus) from 1942-1944. The coins were used to bargain for food, clothing, and weapons from the local peasants; if the currency was not accepted, force often was used instead. Shanke, her husband, Shlamke, her sons, 3 year old Henikel and 1 year old Kalmanke, fled Zhetel, Poland, shortly after it was occupied by Germany in June 1941. Shlamke escaped to the Belorussian forest where he joined a group of partisan fighters. Shanke and the c...

Harold Minuskin family collection

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Souvenir pin with the words HIAS and Bremen and two boxes given to a young Jewish Polish refugee

Imperial Russia, gold 10 ruble coin saved by a Jewish Polish family living in hiding with partisans

Imperial Russia, gold 5 ruble coin saved by a Jewish Polish family living with partisans