Paul and Sally Comins Edelsberg family and Kurt Clark collection

Identifier: irn523176
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523176

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Paul and Sally Comins Edelsberg and in 2013 by Sally Comins Edelsberg.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a doll, a child’s dress and ankle boots, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Zelda Kamieniecki (later Comins) and Pinkus Edelsberg after the war in displaced persons camps in Germany, and of the Bebczuk/ Kamieniecki family, and of their friend Kurt Clark before, during and after the Holocaust.

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Edelsberg-Clark papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn85136
- English
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Papers consists of documents, identification cards, passports, receipts, passport photograph, photographs, postcards, blank postcards, photocopies of documents and correspondence, letters, and transcripts and a book titled "Die judischen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus in Hamburg," blue cover and 111 pages. The manuscript material and book relate to the experiences of Kurt Clark in Austria, Germany, China, and the United States.
Plastic doll with handmade clothes received by girl in DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn85143
- English
- overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Small plastic doll with blonde hair and handmade clothes received by Zelda Kamieniecki as a child in Neu Ulm displaced persons camp in Germany in 1947. Zelda was an infant in August 1941 when German troops occupied her birthplace, Rovno, Poland (Rivne (Rivnensʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine). Zelda and her mother Chana Bebczuk Wachs were relocated to a labor camp. Chana worked digging ditches in the nearby forest. In 1943, the Gestapo came to the camp with orders to transport 5000 people, including Zelda and Chana, to a different camp. Everyone was loaded into wagons and taken toward the woods where t...
Pair of child's brown leather ankle boots received by girl in DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn85148
- English
- a: Height: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm) | Depth: 5.125 inches (13.017 cm) b: Height: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Depth: 5.125 inches (13.017 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Brown leather ankle boots received by Zelda Kamieniecki as a child in Neu Ulm displaced persons camp in Germany in 1947. Zelda was an infant in August 1941 when German troops occupied her birthplace, Rovno, Poland (Rivne (Rivnensʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine). Zelda and her mother Chana Bebczuk Wachs were relocated to a labor camp. Chana worked digging ditches in the nearby forest. In 1943, the Gestapo came to the camp with orders to transport 5000 people, including Zelda and Chana, to a different camp. Everyone was loaded into wagons and taken toward the woods where the ditches had been dug. Chana ...
Child's flowered blue dress received by girl in DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn85156
- English
- overall: Height: 17.375 inches (44.133 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Blue flowered dress received by Zelda Kamieniecki as a child in Neu Ulm displaced persons camp in Germany in 1947. Zelda was an infant in August 1941 when German troops occupied her birthplace, Rovno, Poland (Rivne (Rivnensʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine). Zelda and her mother Chana Bebczuk Wachs were relocated to a labor camp. Chana worked digging ditches in the nearby forest. In 1943, the Gestapo came to the camp with orders to transport 5000 people, including Zelda and Chana, to a different camp. Everyone was loaded into wagons and taken toward the woods where the ditches had been dug. Chana convin...

Paul and Sally Comins Edelsberg family and Kurt Clark collection

Child Items

Edelsberg-Clark papers

Plastic doll with handmade clothes received by girl in DP camp

Pair of child's brown leather ankle boots received by girl in DP camp

Child's flowered blue dress received by girl in DP camp