Tema de Ratafia collection

Identifier: irn522911
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 George de Ratafia, the son of Tema de Ratafia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a photograph and a wrist watch relating to the experiences of Tema de Ratafia and her family in Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania, during the Holocaust.

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Ratafia family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522912
- English
- 1871-2011
- box oversize box 1 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The Ratafia family papers primarily relate to the post-war experiences of Tema, Lazarz, George, and Helene Ratafia in Poland and France. The collection includes biographical papers, immigration documents, publications, and photographs. There is some material related to relatives the Ratafia family of Warsaw, Poland as well as Tema’s family, the Ginzburgs of Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania). The biographical material includes birth certificates, passports, marriage certificates, and immigration and naturalization papers. Tema’s papers include documents regarding her false name and Chri...
Wrist watch with a brown band and engraved initials saved from Vilna ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522913
- English
- overall: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Wrist watch with a brown band owned by Tema Ginzburg that originally belonged to her uncle, Benjamin Ginzburg. Before the family was imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto in Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania, he altered it from a pocket watch to a wrist watch to make it easier to keep in the ghetto. During the liquidation of one of two ghettos in October 1941, Benjamin was deported to Estonia, then Stutthof concentration camp, where he was killed. He gave the watch to his brother, Moise, Tema's father, before leaving. Moise wore the watch for a while; he was deported to Chelmno concentration camp and ki...

Tema de Ratafia collection

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Ratafia family papers

Wrist watch with a brown band and engraved initials saved from Vilna ghetto