Jerzy Kajetanski collection

Identifier: irn518157
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Eva Skrenta, daughter of Jerzy Kajetanski.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Star of David badge, a teddy bear, thirty eight black and white scratchboards from the 1950s and 1980s and other artworks, documents, and photograph relating to the experiences of Jerzy Kajetanski, his wife, and his extended family, non-Jewish Polish persons, during the war when several were conscripted as laborers and sent to Germany, and after the war in Germany, Poland, and the United States.

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Displaying items 1 to 20 of 59

Kajetanski family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519172
- English
- 1945-1985
- boxes oversize boxes 2 4
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains memoirs, poems, drawings, exhibition pamphlets, clippings, relating to the Kajetanski's family life during the World War II, and later in the Displaced Persons camp in Gebharshagen (Germany), their emigration to the United States in 1950, and later return trips to Poland.
Teddy bear used to hide anti-Nazi political cartoons by a Polish family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526315
- English
- a: Height: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) b: Height: 3.690 inches (9.373 cm) | Width: 11.190 inches (28.423 cm) | Depth: 4.940 inches (12.548 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Teddy bear belonging to Mrs. Jerzy Kajenski, which was used from 1943-1944 to hide published political cartoons created by Jerzy. The teddy bear is wearing a silver-colored metal pin depicting an eagle. It was donated housed inside a cardboard box with detached lid. The lid is covered with handwriting.
Fabric sheet of uncut "P" patches
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526316
- English
- overall: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 22.250 inches (56.515 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Scratchboard
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn535195
- English
- overall: Height: 18.500 inches (46.99 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Part of thirty eight black and white scratchboards from the 1950s and 1980s relating to the experiences of Jerzy Kajetanski, his wife, and his extended family, non-Jewish Polish persons, during the war when several were conscripted as laborers and sent to Germany, as well as after the war in Germany, Poland, and the United States.
The Boy-Scouts Weekly Newsletter
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn539605
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Wtorek 24 grudnia 1946 issue of The Boy-Scouts Weekly, in Polish.
Flier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn539606
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Handmade card given to Jerzy Kajetanski
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn539608
- English
- overall: Height: 16.380 inches (41.605 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Hand-drawn and handwritten card given to Jerzy Kajetanski by the cast of "Hata Za Wsia" in the Displaced Persons Camp #4 at Gebhardshagen, Germany. Kajetanski is depicted standing on two large books directing the stage light onto a performer.
Sketch
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn539612
- English
- 1949
- pictorial area: Height: 5.880 inches (14.935 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Sketch in pencil by Jerzy Kajetanski, mounted on white matboard. The sketch depicts chess players at the University Hospital in Gottingen, and is signed and dated 1949. The verso of the paper has a quick pencil sketch of people being herded into a train. A label on the back of the matboard describes the sketches and numbers the chess sketch as #14.
Sketch
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn539613
- English
- 1950
- pictorial area: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Sketch in pencil by Jerzy Kajetanski, mounted on white matboard. The sketch depicts a patient's arm being massaged at the University Hospital in Gottingen, and is signed and dated 1950. A label on the back of the matboard describes the sketch and numbers the chess sketch as #84.
Portrait
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn539614
- English
- 1945
- pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Portrait in colored pencil by Jerzy Kajetanski, mounted on white matboard. The sketch is a portrait of Bolek Siwiec and is signed and dated 1945. A label on the back of the matboard describes the drawing and numbers it as #5.
Tempera painting
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn539615
- English
- 1945
- pictorial area: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Tempera painting on paper by Jerzy Kajetanski, mounted on white matboard. The painting is signed and dated 1945. A label written by the donor on the back of the matboard describes the painting and numbers it as #31. The label reads as follows, "Kini Collins told me that he dedicated this sketch and later the oil to all the Jewish children that died in the Holocaust. I always wondered why the little girl didn't look like me, but she had a clown doll that was like mine...."
Tempera painting D.P. Camp #4 at Gebhardshagen
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn539616
- English
- 1947
- pictorial area: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Tempera painting on paper by Jerzy Kajetanski, mounted on white matboard. The painting is signed and dated 1947. A label written by the donor on the back of the matboard describes the painting and numbers it as #55.
Portfolio of 22 drawings Szkola Polska w Gebhardshagen-Niemcy 1945-1949
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn539617
- English
- 1947
- Updated 1 year ago
Set of 22 drawings inside a hand-labeled folder. The drawings were created by Jerzy Kajetanski [Navczyciel] between 1945 and 1949 while he was a student. The portfolio cover is handwritten in Polish as follows: Jerzy Kajetanski/Navczyciel/Lekcje/Rysunkow/Szkola Polska w Gebhardshagen-Niemcy 1945-1949. (Lessons/Drawings/School in Poland, Gebhardshagen-Niemcy).
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn542651
- English
- 1943
- Updated 1 year ago
Children's book given to Eva Skrenta's parents by Lillian Hancock, an Englishwoman who was sent to attend to the needs of the residents of DP Camp #4 by the Allied Forces. Eva's mother read to her from the book, and when she learned to read, she read it on her own.
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn542656
- English
- 1958
- Updated 1 year ago
Exhibition catalog
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn542660
- English
- 1995
- Updated 1 year ago
Photostat of scratchboard
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561138
- English
- overall: Height: 16.375 inches (41.593 cm) | Width: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Part of thirty eight black and white scratchboards from the 1950s and 1980s relating to the experiences of Jerzy Kajetanski, his wife, and his extended family, non-Jewish Polish persons, during the war when several were conscripted as laborers and sent to Germany, as well as after the war in Germany, Poland, and the United States.
Sample mimeograph master used to make scratchboards
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561139
- English
- overall: Height: 11.375 inches (28.893 cm) | Width: 14.750 inches (37.465 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Part of thirty eight black and white scratchboards from the 1950s and 1980s relating to the experiences of Jerzy Kajetanski, his wife, and his extended family, non-Jewish Polish persons, during the war when several were conscripted as laborers and sent to Germany, as well as after the war in Germany, Poland, and the United States.
Scratchboard
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561140
- English
- overall: Height: 18.375 inches (46.673 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Part of thirty eight black and white scratchboards from the 1950s and 1980s relating to the experiences of Jerzy Kajetanski, his wife, and his extended family, non-Jewish Polish persons, during the war when several were conscripted as laborers and sent to Germany, as well as after the war in Germany, Poland, and the United States.
Scratchboard
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561141
- English
- overall: Height: 15.375 inches (39.053 cm) | Width: 18.500 inches (46.99 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Part of thirty eight black and white scratchboards from the 1950s and 1980s relating to the experiences of Jerzy Kajetanski, his wife, and his extended family, non-Jewish Polish persons, during the war when several were conscripted as laborers and sent to Germany, as well as after the war in Germany, Poland, and the United States.