Roma Laks Kaplan collection

Identifier: irn607881
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn607881

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Roma Laks Kaplan.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two self portraits created by Roma Kaplan in 1966.

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Self portrait of Holocaust survivor Hilary Laks
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn601548
- English
- overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Self portrait of Holocaust survivor Hilary Laks
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn601549
- English
- overall: Height: 13.875 inches (35.243 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Hilary Laks papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84508
- English
- 1968-1980
- folders 3
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection consists of a hand-written memoir in Polish authored by Hilary Laks, a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto, who was also hidden by Bronisław and Katarzyna Miśkiewicz in their apartment until liberation. The memoir describes his family history and life before and after the war, as well as the Holocaust experiences of his wife Janina Tauba Szamir and daughter Romana (later Romana Laks Kaplan), including their survival of the Warsaw ghetto, Janina going into hiding separately from Hilary, and hiding Romana in a convent. The collection also includes a 1968 letter from Hilary to Romana ...

Roma Laks Kaplan collection

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Self portrait of Holocaust survivor Hilary Laks

Self portrait of Holocaust survivor Hilary Laks

Hilary Laks papers