Salomea Herszenberg Kape family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn504353
• English
• 1992
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains short stories relating to the Łódź Ghetto and its inhabitants by Salomea Kape. Also contains a photocopy of a worker identification card from the ghetto.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517270
• English
• a: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) b: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Medal for excellent health care practice, with certficate and presentation box awarded to Anna Toronczyk in 1964 by the government of Poland for her exemplary service as a midwife. Anna was living in Łódź, Poland, when Germany invaded in September 1939. She worked as a midwife in the hospital in the Jewish ghetto until September 1940, when she escaped to the Soviet Union. Her twin sister, Roza Herszenberg, assumed her position in the hospital. Anna was in the Soviet Union until 1946-47, when she was repatriated and able to return to Łódź to be with her family. Roza, her husband Calel, and d...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517271
• English
• overall: Height: 2.120 inches (5.385 cm) | Width: 3.370 inches (8.56 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Scrip used by Salomea Herszenberg while she was imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland. When the Germans transferred Jews to the ghetto, they confiscated all currency in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be spent only inside the ghetto. In February 1940, following Germany's occupation of Poland in September 1939, 14-year old Salomea and her family were forced to move there. Salomea attended school and her parents worked their same jobs; her mother was a midwife, her father delivered textiles. In spring 1944, the Germans decided to destroy the ghetto. With the assitance ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522963
• English
• folder oversize folder 1 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The papers consist of documents, photographs, and identification cards relating to the experiences of the Herschenberg family [donor's family] in Łódź, Poland, during the Holocaust. Also includes identification papers, photographs, and documents pertaining to Anna Toronczyk [donor's maternal aunt] and her work as a midwife in displaced persons camps after World War II, and the Herschenberg family's experiences in the Łódź ghetto and their immigration to the United States.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn523173
• English
• a-b: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) c: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 1875.000 inches (4762.5 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) d: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) e: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Bronze medal with attached ribbon, molded box, and certificate presented to Anna Toronczyk in 1956 by the government of Poland for her exemplary service as a midwife. Anna was living in Łódź, Poland, when the Germans invaded in September 1939. She worked as a midwife in the hospital in the Jewish ghetto until September 1940, when she escaped to the Soviet Union. Her twin sister, Roza Herszenberg, assumed her position in the hospital. Anna was in the Soviet Union until 1946-47, when she was repatriated and able to return to Łódź to be with her family. Roza, her husband Calel, and daughter Sa...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn523420
• English
• a-b: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 1.620 inches (4.115 cm) c: Height: 5.620 inches (14.275 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) d: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 2.870 inches (7.29 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
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Gold Cross of Merit medal with attached ribbon ribbon, case, and certificate presented to Anna Toronczyk in 1964 by Poland for her exemplary service as a midwife. Anna was living in Łódź, Poland, when the Germans invaded in September 1939. She worked as a midwife in the hospital in the Jewish ghetto until September 1940, when she escaped to the Soviet Union. Her twin sister, Roza Herszenberg, assumed her position in the hospital. Anna was in the Soviet Union until 1946-47, when she was repatriated and able to return to Łódź to be with her family. Roza, her husband Calel, and daughter Salome...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn523455
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Collection consisting of a photograph of Dr. A. Weiskopf, a physician in the Łódź ghetto.