Estera Horn family collection

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Estera Horn papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn510505
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 9 months ago
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Estera Horn, originally of Chelm, Poland, who survived World War II as a hidden child. Photographs consist of pre-war and wartime depictions of Estera and various family members including members of the Lindenbaum, Rosenman, and Justman families, her maternal uncles Mendel and Israel LIndenbaum, Sara Lindenbaum, Gitl Rosenman, and relatives in Palestine.
Buttons
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn510506
- English
- Updated 9 months ago
The buttons were originally attached to Estera Horn's coat. Leokadia Wojtkiewicz, one of Estera's rescuers, removed the buttons while explaining to Estera that she had to do so for safety reasons because "all Jewish children have buttons like these."