Mania Lichtenstein collection
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Adena Astrowsky
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Adena Astrowsky, Mania Lichtenstein's granddaughter.
Scope and Content
Contains photographs, almost entirely of unknown postwar displaced persons camps. Many photographs are labeled on verso as images of pro-Palestine gatherings, weddings, families, and events. Two photographs included in the collection depict Janina Zawadska in Włodzimierz, Poland, a Roman Catholic woman who hid Mania Lichtenstein and another child in the winter of 1943-44. Janina gave Mania the photographs.
Subjects
- Displaced persons--Europe.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document