Federman family collection

Identifier
irn517338
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.392
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Hank Federman is the son of Abraham Morris Federman. Abraham (b. 1910) was the son of Harry Federman, a wealthy Warsaw businessman, and his wife Ruth. Abraham had five siblings: Izhak (b. 1907), Shlomo (b. 1912), Esther (b. 1914), Yankel (b. 1916) and Helen (Hela). Izhak was married to the daughter of a department store mogul, and had a son named Yosele. Abraham immigrated to the United States in 1930 to avoid the Polish draft after Ruth bribed a judge. Harry frequently traveled to the United States on business hoping to eventually relocate the entire family. Unfortunately, he passed away in America on June 3, 1938, and when World War II broke out the following year, the rest of the family was still in Poland. All of the family who remained in Poland perished during the Holocaust.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Hank Federman donated this photograph, which includes his uncle, Yankel Federman, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Aug. 22, 2005. He added the passport, ticket, and copyprint to the collection in 2014.

Scope and Content

Consists of one photograph of Jews in Warsaw protesting against Hitlerism, Fascism, and attacks on Jewish schools. In the photograph, taken in 1937, the protesters are carrying signs in Yiddish which read "Down with Fascism; Down with Hitlerism" and "We denounce attacks on Jewish schools." Yankel Federman is pictured second from the left. Also includes a Polish passport, issued in 1930, and a ticket on the SS France, both of which were used by Abraham Federman during his emigration to the United States, as well as a copyprint of a portrait of Federman prior to his departure from Warsaw.

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Genre

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.