Leon Jedwab family papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes copies of photos and documents from the personal papers of Leon Jedwab.
Dates
- 1920-2000
Language of Materials
Materials in English, German, and Hebrew
Conditions Governing Access
none
Biographical / Historical
Jewish Holocaust survivor Leon Jedwab was born in 1923 in Poland. The Jedwabs were already residents of the Zagorow Ghetto in 1940, when it became a holding place for Jewish refugees from other towns in Poland. The Jedwabs were forced to share their flat with two other Jewish families. Leon was taken from his family and sent to the Inowroclaw transit camp and from there he began a journey through ten concentration camps. Jedwab’s family was forced from their home in October of 1941 and executed in the Kazimierz Forest. Leon was the only survivor in his family.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (one flat box)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Leon Jebwab
- Title
- Leon Jedwab family papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Toni Bishop
- Date
- March 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Repository