Sophie Turner-Zaretsky collection

Identifier: irn85609
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85609

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Sophie Turner-Zaretsky.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a rosary, St. Anthony statuette, bible, and a doll's suitcase relating to the experiences of Laura and Selma (Zofia) Schwarzwald in Lvov and other areas of Poland where they lived in hiding under assumed indentites as Catholics during and after the Holocaust.

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Rosary received by a Jewish child who was converted to Catholicism while in hiding
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7137
- English
- overall: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 0.450 inches (1.143 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Child's rosary given to 7 year old Selma Scwarzwald in January 1945 in celebration of her communion. She was living in hiding with her mother as a Polish Catholic under the name Zofia Tymejko and completely adopted this identity. She attended church and, after liberation by Soviet troops, celebrated her First Communion. Selma and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholics and lived briefly in Krakow, then moved to Busko Zdroj. They emigrated to England...
St. Anthony statuette received by a Jewish child who was living in hiding as a Polish Catholic
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7138
- English
- overall: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
St. Anthony figurine given to 7 year old Selma Scwarzwald. She was living in hiding with her mother as a Polish Catholic under the name Zofia Tymejko and completely adopted this identity. She attended church and, after liberation by Soviet troops, celebrated her First Communion. Selma and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholics and lived briefly in Krakow, then moved to Busko Zdroj. They emigrated to England in 1948 after there were violent anti-Jew...
First Comunion Souvenir Bible
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7139
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 3.390 inches (8.611 cm) | Width: 2.130 inches (5.41 cm) | Depth: 0.550 inches (1.397 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Catholic bible given to 7 year old Selma (Zofia) Scwarzwald in January 1945 in celebration of her communion. It was a deluxe edition with a color picture on the cover. Selma, born Jewish, was living in hiding with her mother as a Polish Catholic under the name Zofia Tymejko and completely adopted this identity. She attended church and, after liberation by Soviet troops, celebrated her First Communion. Selma and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholic...
Miniature doll's suitcase given postwar to Jewish child who had lived in hiding as a Polish Catholic
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn7140
- English
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Doll's miniature suitcase given to 10 year old Selma (Zofia) Scwarzwald before she left Poland in 1948. Selma, born Jewish, had lived during the war in hiding with her mother as a Polish Catholic under the name Zofia Tymejko and completely adopted this identity. She attended church and, after liberation by Soviet troops, celebrated her First Communion in January 1945. Selma and her mother, Laura, had escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) in 1942 after her father was shot by the Gestapo. They adopted false identities as Catholics and lived briefly in Krakow,...

Sophie Turner-Zaretsky collection

Child Items

Rosary received by a Jewish child who was converted to Catholicism while in hiding

St. Anthony statuette received by a Jewish child who was living in hiding as a Polish Catholic

First Comunion Souvenir Bible

Miniature doll's suitcase given postwar to Jewish child who had lived in hiding as a Polish Catholic