Harry Markowicz photograph collection

Identifier
irn739734
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.382.2
  • 2012.382.1
  • 2021.207.1
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

oversize box

1

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Harry Markowicz was born on August 9, 1937 in Berlin, Germany to Max (born in Łask, Poland) and Marja Markowicz (born in Wlodawa, Poland). Harry was the youngest of three children. His sister Rosa was born May 14, 1928 and his brother Manfred was born May 14, 1929. The Markowicz family left Germany in 1938 and moved to Antwerp, Belgium where Harry's father worked as a furrierr until 1940 when the family fled to Brussels, Belgium. In September 1942, the family went into hiding and stayed with the Coen and Vanderlinden families. The Markowicz family all survived the war and immigrated to the United States in 1951. .

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Harry Markowicz

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of the estate of Harry Markowicz.

Harry Markowicz donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 and 2021.

Scope and Content

The Harry Markowicz photograph collection contains pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs and copyprints of Harry Markowicz and his family in Widawa, Poland; Berlin, Germany; and Brussels, Belgium from 1920-1949. It also includes one framed hand-painted photograph of Harry Markowicz that was made after his family was reunited.

System of Arrangement

The Harry Markowicz photograph collection is arranged as a single file.

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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.