Fanni Reznicki collection

Identifier: irn524147
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 2007 by Fanni Reznicki.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Fanni Wolhgeschaffen and her family in the Jaworzno ghetto in Krakow, Poland, and in several concentration camps during the Holocaust.

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Fanni Reznicki papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519040
- English
- 1942-1945
- folders 3
- Updated 1 year ago
Correspondence: postcards received by Fanni Reznicki while she was interned as a slave laborer in Ober Altstadt, a sub-camp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp; postcards sent by Regina Wohlgeschaffen (donor's mother?) in Jaworzno, Poland, all dated 1942. Fanni was in slave labor through May 1945, when she was liberated and returned to Sosnowiec, Poland; Poland and Czechoslovakia; in German. Photographs and letters kept in bag made by Fanni in Ober Altstadt.
Red monogrammed knit purse made by Fanni Reznicki in a forced labor camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519047
- English
- 1942-1945
- overall: Height: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Width: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Purse made by 17-year-old Fanni Wolhgeschaffen when she was a slave laborer in Ober Altstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. She worked in a textile factory and made the bag from fabric remnants. After the German occupation of Poland in September 1939, Fanni and her family were imprisoned in the Jaworzno ghetto. In 1942, Fanni was deported to an all-women’s concentration camp and then to Ober Altstadt. The German authorities evacuated the camp in May 1945, and while on that forced march, the prisoners were liberated by the Soviet Army on May 10. Fanny returned to Poland where she was ...
Weimar Germany Reichsbanknote, 10000 mark note owned by Fanni Reznicki
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519048
- English
- overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German Reichsbank note, valued at 10,000 marks, that belonged to 17-year-old Fanni Reznicki. The front medallion depicts German artwork, Portrait of a Young Man, created by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. After the German occupation of Poland in September 1939, Fanni and her family were imprisoned in the Jaworzno ghetto. In 1942, Fanni was deported to an all-women’s concentration camp and then to Ober Altstadt concentration camp. The German authorities evacuated the camp in May 1945, and while on that forced march, the prisoners were liberated by the Soviet Army on May 10. Fanny returne...

Fanni Reznicki collection

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Fanni Reznicki papers

Red monogrammed knit purse made by Fanni Reznicki in a forced labor camp

Weimar Germany Reichsbanknote, 10000 mark note owned by Fanni Reznicki