Helene Monowitz Silberberg collection
Collection Overview
The collection consists of a three-volume book commemorating Jewish life in Vilna, Lithuania, coins used in the Warsaw ghetto, and a Warsaw ghetto memorial scarf.
Dates
- Creation: 1943-1974
Creator
Language of Material
Materials in English, Hebrew, Russian, and Yiddish
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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Biographical Note
Helene Monowitz (1927-2007) was born in Czestochowa, Poland. In 1941, the Monowitz family was forced into the Czestochowa ghetto along with other Jewish residents of the city and surrounding towns. Helene's mother and sister were deported from the ghetto and sent to Treblinka; Helene and her father survived by lying to Nazi authorities about their ages, which secured them work in a munitions factory. In 1947, Helene married Simon Silberberg, a native of Lodz, Poland, in Regensburg, Germany. They immigrated to the United States on January 20, 1949, and settled in Brooklyn, New York.
Extent
1.67 linear feet (1 flat box)
Abstract
The collection consists of a three-volume book commemorating Jewish life in Vilna, Lithuania, coins used in the Warsaw ghetto, and a Warsaw ghetto memorial scarf.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Acquisitions Information
Materials donated in 2009 by Helene Silberberg.
Processing Information
Processed by Rebecca McClure, September 2013.
Subject
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Uniform Title
- Title
- Inventory of the Helene Monowitz Silberberg Collection, 1943-1974
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Rebecca McClure; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rebecca McClure
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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