Sprung and Braksmajer families collection

Identifier
irn73323
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.444.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn73323

Extent and Medium

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Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Saul Braksmajer

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Saul Braksmajer.

Scope and Content

Documents, photographs, and correspondence illustrating the Sprung and Braksmajer families before, during, and after the Holocaust. Sisters Frieda and Blanche Sprung, born in Poland, lived in Rawa Ruska before the war, managed to secure false documents in the names of Tatiana Osemek and Katharina Lazar/Antonia Osymak respectively, and survived in several slave labor camps. Also documented is Schol Braksmajer whom married Frieda Sprung in 1947 after they met in Eschwege displaced persons camp in Germany.

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.

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