Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Dwora Z. Mortenfeld
Biographical History
Zosia Putersznyt, now Mortenfeld, was born on September 10, 1925, in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. Zosia remained in Dabrowa until December 1941, at which time she was deported to Ober Altstadt concentration camp, a sub-camp of Gross-Rosen. She was imprisoned there for three years, transferred to Parschnitz concentration camp for one year, and then returned again to Ober Altstadt.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The photographs and postcard were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld.
Scope and Content
The papers consist of three portrait images of Netka Putersznyt and Berisz Putersznyt, Dwora Zofia Mortenfeld's parents, and Frymeta Mortenfeld, Dwora's mother-in-law. Also included in the papers is a postcard written by Netka Putersznyt in ghetto in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland, on December 24, 1942, to her daughter Zosia Putersznyt who was interned in Ober Altstadt concentration camp.
People
- Putersznyt, Netka.
- Putersznyt, Berisz.
- Mortenfeld, Frymeta.
Corporate Bodies
Genre
- Document
- Postcards.
- Photographs.