Testimonies of Zaglembia Survivors Original Polish-Language Documents with English Translations
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Amalie M. Robinson
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received these testimonies from Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Robinson in March 2001.
Scope and Content
The collection contains reproductions and translations of testimonies of Holocaust survivors from Zaglembia (Zagłębie Dąbrowskie region of Poland). The testimonies are in two volumes and describe experiences in camps and ghettos, Jews in hiding, resistance efforts, death marches, and pre-war Jewish life. Additionally, there are pictures of Albrecht Schmelt and the “Schmelt Organization” who were responsible for administration of the ghettos, deportations, and concentration camps in the area. The collection was assembled by Amalie Mary Robinson and Pawel Brunon Dorman. Volume I contains testimonies from the following: Izrael Rozen, Helena Zmigord, Emil Grünbaum, Meryn family, Isaak Klajman, Jakub Szanzer, Helena Chaim, Hela Fajgenblatt, Dawid Fischer, Ilza Kupfermuntz, Dr. Ilse Freund, A. Biber, Lejzor Herman, Dawid Pinkus, Samuel Zborowski, Genia Lewkowicz, Mrs. Auerbach, Jerichem Frajman, Regina Hortstein, Fela Katz, Israel Marymount, Rozia Felczer, Samuel Brechner, Leon Geldberger, Bronsislawa Sztylman, Samuel Reifer, Rosa Felczer, Roza Korzak, Maria Adlerfliegel, Abraham Krakowski, Jakub Neufeld, Aron Gelbard, Samuel Mitelman, Mojzesz Szwarc, Katarzyna Mincer, Gertruda Goldstein, Jael Grünkraut, Lejb grinbaum, Estera Krell, Lejzor Kac, Dr. Samuel Mittelman, Artur Markowicz, and Jerzy Olszewski. Volume II contains testimonies from the following: Artur Markowicz, Jerzy Olszewski, Abraham Kucynski, Roza Kozak, Abraham Grinblat, Jakob Freiberger, Abraham Krakowski, Issachar Mandelbaum, Jakob Bursztyn, Sara Klein, Nacha Krakowska, Fela Kokotek, Eliasz Lemberg, Adela Neufeld, Pinkus Orbach, Henryk Herstein, Fela Katz, Katarzyna Mincer, Cecylia Chmielnicka, Fela Katz, Katarzyna Mincer, Itka Goldkorn, Regina Liberman, Jakob Freiberger, Szlama Lewkowicz, Edith Pieniazck, Gershon Frenkel, Adela Mieleman, Anna Lerchenfeld, Greta Majzels, Genia Molczadzka, Ilza Kupferminc, Genia Singer, Fela Katz, Hanka Szajer, Baron Naftali, Ajbeszyc Grzegorz, Eugenia Fajner-Dancyger, Chaskiel Szpigelman, Henryk Diament, Jakub Neufeld, Szlama Frajberger, Anna Lerchenfeld, Aron Grynwald, Stanislawa Cicha, and Fela Katz.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as one series.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities--Poland.
- Holocaust survivors--Poland.
- Dąbrowa Basin (Poland and Czech Republic)
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.