Judith Weinstein collection

Identifier: irn518935
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518935

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Judith and Eddie Weinstein.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a flag, a school box, a publication, a notebook, and a business catalog relating to the experiences of Judith Weinstein and her family in Poland before the Holocaust and in Wels displaced persons camp after the Holocaust.

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Happy Holidays! American Joint Distribution Committee booklet on Hanukkah used by a Polish Jewish teenager
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn41948
- English
- 1947-1951
- overall: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 11 months ago
Booklet on Hanukkah distributed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in the Wels displaced persons (DP) camp in Austria, and received by teenager Judith Wagner while she was living there from 1947-1951. Judith grew up in Rudnik, Poland with her younger sister Charlotta, and their parents, Chana and Pinchos. In October 1939, a month after Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union, the Germans deported the Wagners, with all other Jews in Rudnik, to Soviet-occupied territory. Judith and her family refused to take Soviet citizenship, so they were exiled to Siberia....
Handmade Israeli flag made by a Polish Jewish girl in a DP camp to celebrate statehood
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518472
- English
- overall: Height: 36.000 inches (91.44 cm) | Width: 86.000 inches (218.44 cm)
- Updated 11 months ago
Israeli flag made by 15-year-old Judith Wagner on November 29, 1947, immediately after hearing the announcement that the United Nations had voted to partition Palestine into 2 separate states. She was living at the displaced persons (DP) camp in Wels, Austria, when the news was broadcast over the camp loudspeakers. Judith ran home and made the flag in about 2 hours for use at the ensuing celebratory party. Judith grew up in Rudnik, Poland with her younger sister Charlotta, and their parents, Chana and Pinchos. In October 1939, a month after Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union...
Judith and Eddie Weinstein papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518934
- English
- oversize box 1
- Updated 11 months ago
School notebook from the Hebrew speaking school in the Wels DP camp including handwritten transcriptions of Hebrew songs. Also includes a prewar business catalog for company owned by Judith's father and his brothers, Wagner Brother/Baskets Manufacturers & Exporters" that predates business' expropriation by the Soviet Union in 1939. The company sold baskets in Germany and the United States.
Metal school supply box inscribed in Yiddish used by a Polish Jewish teenager
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518936
- English
- 1947-1951
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 11 months ago
Metal school supply box sent by the South Africa Jewish Wars Appeal to the Wels displaced persons (DP) camp in Austria, and received by teenager Judith Wagner while she was living there from 1947-1951. The box originally held crayons, scissors, thread and needles, and writing materials, which Judith viewed as luxuries. Judith grew up in Rudnik, Poland with her younger sister Charlotta, and their parents, Chana and Pinchos. In October 1939, a month after Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union, the Germans deported the Wagners, with all other Jews in Rudnik, to Soviet-occupied ter...

Judith Weinstein collection

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Happy Holidays! American Joint Distribution Committee booklet on Hanukkah used by a Polish Jewish teenager

Handmade Israeli flag made by a Polish Jewish girl in a DP camp to celebrate statehood

Judith and Eddie Weinstein papers

Metal school supply box inscribed in Yiddish used by a Polish Jewish teenager