Simon Frydman collection

Identifier
irn523666
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.341
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Simon Frydman was born in Otwock, Poland in 1917. His father, Dawid Frydman, died in 1931 and his mother, Chaja Ruchl Miodowska, perished in the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. Simon had four siblings: Jona; Szaja; Szewa and Regina Rifka; all perished in the Holocaust. Simon Frydman and his wife settled in Sweden.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Simon Frydman

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Simon Frydman in 2000.

Scope and Content

Consists of a photograph taken in Otwock, Poland, in 1941 of Rifka Regina Frydman, Simon's younger sister who perished in the Holocaust; and a photograph taken in Świebodzice, Poland, of two Jewish men (on the left: Mr. Mogielnicki who survived the Holocaust in the Soviet Union and on the right: his brother-in-law who was killed by Poles in 1945).

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This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.