Max Notowitz papers

Identifier
irn501375
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0213
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

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Creator(s)

Biographical History

Simcha Elimelech Notowicz (Manius or Max Notowitz) was born Oct. 31, 1927, in Kolbuszowa, Poland to Osias and Ida Notowitz. Osias was the deputy to the head of the Kolbuszowa Jewish council, and perished in Auschwitz in 1941. Simcha was forced to work in the Kolbuszowa labor camp, but his mother and siblings, relocated to the Rzeszów ghetto, were deported to Bełzec in 1942. He managed to escape the labor camp in Nov. 1942 and spent the remainder of the war in the forests near Kolbuszowa. After liberation, he traveled to the American zone of Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1947.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Max Notowitz

Scope and Content

Postcard sent by the Max Notowitz's [donor's] mother to her brother-in-law; a HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) certificate with photo; an embarkation card issued to the donor on the "Marine Flasher" ship; a Hebrew school identification card issued to the donor; a permit, issued by UNRRA, to travel by train; a donor's displaced persons identification card; certificate issued by Jewish Committee in Kolbuszowa; copy of birth certificate issued by Jewish Civil Registry Office; passenger ticket for "Marine Flasher" issued to donor; and an identification certificate issued by the American Consulate in Munich.

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