Marila Muszynski papers

Identifier
irn724187
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2021.110.1
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Marila Muszynski (Muszyński) was born in Kraków, Poland to Isador and Ester (née Rotarnow) Muszyński. Her father owned an electric battery factory, and she had an older brother, Marcel. The family was forced to leave Poland to Soviet-held territory. They were later deported to a Siberian labor camp near a gold-mining town called Aldan. After the war, Marila and her family arrived in Paris as displaced people. They eventually immigrated to the United States.

Marcel Muszynski (Muszyński) was born to Isador and Ester (née Rotarnow) Muszyński. His father owned an electric battery factory, and he had a younger sister, Marila. The family was forced to leave Poland to Soviet-held territory. They were later deported to a Siberian labor camp near a gold-mining town call Aldan.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Shula Kopf

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 by Shulamit Kopf, a friend of Marila Muszynski.

Scope and Content

The Marila Muszynski papers consist of postcards, poems, and letters. Six postcards, handwritten in pencil by Marcel Muszynski, brother of Marila Muszynski, to Marila and her father, from Russia. Other materials created by Marcel are also included, such as multiple poems handwritten in pen on what appears to be a ledger page and other paper fragments and a handwritten letter, folded five times to form a neat triangle.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Restrictions on use

Copyright Holder: Ms. Shulamit Kopf

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Genre

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.