Isaac Kornowski collection

Identifier
irn517742
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.463.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517742

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Pnina Kornowski

The spool of thread was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Pnina Kornowski, the daughter-in-law of Isaac Kornowski.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of photographs documenting Pnina Kornowski's and her mother's experiences before World War II and while living in La Forêt, France, during the Holocaust as well as materials documenting Paul Kornowski (Paul Kor) donor's husband and his family in France during the Holocaust including family photographs and Paul's sporting club identification card.

Subjects

  • Concentration camp inmates--France--Drancy.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camp inmate--Poland--Auschwitz.

Genre

  • Document
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