Sam Szyja Braun collection

Identifier
irn42221
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.409.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42221

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Cindy Braun Rosborough

Acquired by Szyja Braun (donor's father), 1949-1950. Inherited by Cindy Braun Rosborough. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Cindy Braun Rosborough.

Scope and Content

Contains a displaced persons certificate issued by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) to Szyja Braun in Bad Cannstatt, Germany, dated 1949; photographs depicting Szyja Braun, his brother Salomon Braun and friends they met in the displaced persons camp; and a declaration of intention filed by Sam (Szyja) Braun on February 21, 1950 regarding his intention of becoming a U.S. citizen. Szyja Yeshajahu Sam Braun was born in Breslau on May 18, 1919. He was a son of Eliasz and Gusta Alstock Braun. The family lived in Brody. Szyje and his two brothers, Salomon and Willie were the only survivors of seven siblings

Corporate Bodies

  • HIAS (Agency)

Subjects

Genre

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