Vladimir Lewin collection

Identifier: irn639570
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn639570

Acquisition

THe collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Vladimir Lewin.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a mortgage book (Ksiega Hilpofeczna) cover, photo, documents, letters, medals and a Hanukkah lamp.

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Displaying items 1 to 7 of 7

Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of Valor) medal
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn652086
- English
- overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cross of Valor medal, 1944 (awarded only during wartime).
Silver Medal of Merit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn692602
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 1.630 inches (4.14 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silver Order of Merit on the Battlefield medal (awarded only during wartime).
Silver Cross of Merit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn692604
- English
- overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Medal awarded to Vladimir Lewin for his work as a journalist.
WWII Victory and Liberty Medal
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn692605
- English
- overall: Height: 3.880 inches (9.855 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
"Poland Victory and Liberty - May 9 1945" medal.
Medal for Victory over Germany Awarded by the Soviet Army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn692608
- English
- 1941-1945
- overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Medal awarded by the Soviet Army - Russian words translate as "We are the Victors - 1941-1945."
Hanukkah menorah
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn692611
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Vladimir Lewin papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn702484
- English
- 1937-2018
- folders oversize folders 7 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Documents and photographs related to the Holocaust-era experiences of Vladimir Lewin and his family, originally from Pinsk, Poland (Pinsk, Belarus). Material related to Vladimir consists of identification cards including his Titolo di Viaggio per Stranieri used in 1970 when he left Poland via Italy to immigrate to the United States; military papers including Vladimir’s discharge papers and booklets commemorating medals he earned with the Soviet and Polish armies; and a testimony statement by Vladimir related to a restitution claim from the German government. Documents related to Vladimir’s ...

Vladimir Lewin collection

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Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of Valor) medal

Silver Medal of Merit

Silver Cross of Merit

WWII Victory and Liberty Medal

Medal for Victory over Germany Awarded by the Soviet Army

Hanukkah menorah

Vladimir Lewin papers