Jaworski family collection

Identifier: irn520201
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 2002 by Basia Jaworski and Halina Jaworski-Klon.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs of the Jaworski family, including of Maria Teicher, the donor's mother, in the Polish and Soviet Armies, 1942 - 1946; in the Szczebrzesyn ghetto in 1941; and after the war in Sopot and Lublin, Poland. Al;so includes a six-pointed yellow star patch, with "Jood" printed in the center in in black ink; on the verso is a Nazi emblem of an eagle with extended wings holding a wreath, printed in black ink.

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Jaworski family photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn512895
- English
- 1941-1953
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection consists of photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Maria Mania Teicher and Karol Gecman, whom would marry after the war and eventually change their name to Maria and Karol Jaworski. The bulk of the photographs depict Maria and her husband Karol and their daughters Basia and Halina in Lublin and Sopot, Poland, 1948-1953. Other photographs include a depiction of three Jewish young women, wearing armbands with a Star of David in the Szczebrzeszyn ghetto with the inscription “To my beloved brother from Basia” on verso, 1941; Grodzka Gate, Lublin, circa 1944; por...

Jaworski family collection

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Jaworski family photographs