Szlama Kleiner photograph collection

Identifier
irn523575
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.256.1
Dates
1 Jan 1913 - 31 Dec 1952
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
  • Swedish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Szloma Kleiner was born on September 15, 1918, in lazy, Poland. His father, Hersz-Lejb Kleiner, was a tailor, and his mother, Mala Dresner Kleiner, took care of the children. Szloma had four siblings: Abram-Zelig (1914-1943), Mendel Ajzik (1916-1943), Cesia, (1923-ca.1943), and Doba (b.1926). Hersz-Lejb and Mala Kleiner, were deported to Auschwitz on August 26, 1943, and were killed on arrival. In November 1940, the Germans arrested Szloma and sent him to a series of camps including Flossenbürg, Borki Wielki, Gröditz, and a sub-camp of Gross Rosen. On May 8, 1945, the Soviet Army liberated Szloma Kleiner, and he immediately returned to his hometown of lazy and Sosnowiec, Poland, to search for his family. When he realized that everyone but his sister, Doba, perished, he left Poland for Bergen-Belsen DP camp On August 31, 1947, he immigrated to Sweden, and two years later, on May 29, 1949, he married Nacha Weisfuss. Nacha Weisfuss Kleiner was born on May 6, 1918, in Sosnowiec. In 1941 she was deported to Flossing labor camp and later transferred to Peterswaldau labor camp. She was liberated on May 8, 1945, by the Soviet Army.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Szlama Kleiner

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Szlama Kleiner in 1998.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 29 pictures depicting Szlama Kleiner and his wife's families before, during, and after World War II in Łazy, Poland, Paris, France, Tel Aviv, Palestine, the Zawiercie ghetto, and the Bergen-Belsen DP camp.

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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.