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Paula Kornblum Popowski papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-015
 

Paula Kornblum Popowski papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-015

Negatives, slides, digital images, and other papers of Paula Kornblum Popowski, a Polish-born Jew who survived the Holocaust by passing as a Christian. Images include pre- and post-war photographs of Popowski and her family and friends, including her mother, sister, and grandparents. Other images show locations where Popowski lived, including Kałuszyn and Częstochowa, Poland, and Landshut, Germany, and her false Polish identification papers and health insurance papers. Other materials include postcards and letters sent to Popowski, mostly after the war.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Dates
Creation: circa 1893-2009
Extent
0.1 linear feet (4 folders)
Related Names
Popowski, Paula Kornblum, 1923-
Popowski, Paula Kornblum, 1923-
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Polish
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Yiddish
Script
Hebrew
Language of Materials
German
Script
Latin

Negatives, slides, and photographs, circa 1906, 1941-1949, 1979, undated

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 6, Folder: 1

Images show Popowski's mother, Sarah Roza Kornblum; Popowski with her sister, Hannah, in Częstochowa; post-war photographs of Popowski, her husband, Henry, and son, Mark; Popowski's false Polish identification and health insurance papers; and a photograph of the Wozniak family, the first Polish family to hide Popowski in Krakow. Two original photographs are included, one taken in Krakow in 1941 showing a Nazi officer on the street with several civilians, and one showing an Israeli memorial in a Tel Aviv cemetery erected by descendants of immigrants to Israel from Kałuszyn, Poland.

Dates
Creation: circa 1906, 1941-1949, 1979, undated

Photocopies, circa 1906, 1936-1958, 1979, undated

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 6, Folder: 2

Includes photocopies from the Kałuszyn Yizkor memorial book, showing Popowski as a child at a Purim party, with her sister in Częstochowa, and her false identification. Other photocopies include promissory notes signed by her grandfather, two uncles, and father, all used by Popowski's aunt to immigrate to Palestine before the war. Also includes photocopies of the images in folder 1.

Dates
Creation: circa 1906, 1936-1958, 1979, undated

Digital images, circa 1893, circa 1906, 1936-1979, 1994, undated

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 6, Folder: 3

Images include pre-war photographs of Popowski's grandparents and extended family and letters and postcards written to Popowski before and after the war. Other images show the location of the flour mill and family home once owned by Popowski's grandfather and other locations where Popowski lived in Poland and Germany. Also includes digital images of the materials in folders 1 and 2.

Dates
Creation: circa 1893, circa 1906, 1936-1979, 1994, undated

Notes, 2007, 2009, undated

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 6, Folder: 4

Notes describe materials Popowski provided in 2007. Also includes 2009 notes from Popowski's daughter, Martha Berlin, identifying family members in several photographs.

Dates
Creation: 2007, 2009, undated
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