Adolf Adam and Ryszarda Rosenstrauss Luks collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Linda Luks
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Linda Luks.
Scope and Content
Collection of documents relating to Adolf (Dolek) Adam Luks (b. March 27, 1912 in Krakow) and Ryszarda Rosenstrauss Luks (b. April 28, 1917 in Nadworna). The documents relate to the imprisonment and return of Dolek and Ryszarda from concentration camps including Ryszarda's time in Płaszów, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lichtenwerde and Dolek's experiences in Gross Rosen, Buchenwald, Sonneberg (sub-camp of Buchenwald), Krakow, and their later time in Walbrzych and their subsequent emigration to Australia in September 1947. Includes two Polish passports; an ID photograph Adam Luks; an undated manuscript written by Ryszarda Luks in which she described her and her husband’s experiences as well as their respective families in Nadwórna and in Kraków during the Holocaust.
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Document