Mieczyslaw Cegielski photograph collection

Identifier
irn515696
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.116
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515696

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photograph of Aleksander Stasiak was sent to Mitch (Mieczyslaw) Cegielski by Marzena Kasztankiewicz, Stasiak's great-niece. The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Mitch Cegielski in 1992.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a photograph of Aleksander Stasiak as a young man and a photograph of Gustawa (Gitla) Braun Cygielsztrajach donor's mother at age 26 taken around 1918. Aleksander Stasiak was a neighbor of the Cygielsztrajach family and hid the donor's sister, Zosia, during World War II. Gustawa Cygielsztrajach died in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, in December 1941 at the age of 49.

People

  • Cygielsztrajach, Gustawa.
  • Stasiak, Aleksander.

Genre

  • Portrait photographs.
  • Document
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