Irena Schwarz collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated by Irena Schwarz to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001.
Scope and Content
Consists of a rosary and cross and an autograph album and invitation, dated circa 1942-1945, relating to the donor's experiences as a hidden child in Poland. Also includes photographs depicting the donor, her birth family before the Holocaust and her war time rescuer, Janina Sycz. Irene (Irena) Schwarz is the author of "A Holocaust Love Story," published in Israel in 2000.
Genre
- Collection