Salomon and Lisa Kawenoki papers

Identifier
irn513139
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.245.1
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513139

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Salomon Kawenoki

Biographical History

Salomon Kawenoki died in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, in 1940. Lisa Kawenoki and her daughter, Sala, were deported to Auschwitz. Lisa Kawenoki perished in Auschwitz in August 1944. Sala Kawenoki was transferred to Ravensbrück concentration camp, and on April 25, 1945, she was released through the efforts of Count Folke Bernadotte and the Swedish Red Cross. After her release, she went to Sweden and from there immigrated to the United States in March 1946.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Sally Grubman-Lifschitz.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of three postcards written by Salomon and Lisa Kawenoki in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, to their relatives in the United States and Lithuania.

People

  • Salomon Kawenoki

Subjects

Genre

  • Document
  • Postcards.
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