Pessia Polak collection

Identifier
irn47054
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.159.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Pessia Polak

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Pessia Polak.

Scope and Content

Letters by Pessla Wellner (donor's grandmother) with occassional comments by other family members sent to Riwka and Jonas Markowitz (donor's parents), who had escaped from Poland to Soviet Central Asia (Bukhara) during World War II; as well as photographs from the Mariendorf (Berlin) displaced persons camp, including portraits of the donor.

Subjects

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.