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BLAM AND SELINGER FAMILY PAPERS, APPROXIMATELY 1940‐1942, UNDATED 1995.99
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024‐2126 Tel. (202) 479‐9717 e‐mail: [email protected]
Descriptive summary
Title: Blam and Selinger family papers
Dates: approximately 1940‐1942, undated
Accession number: 1995.99
Creator: Blam and Selinger families
Extent: 5 folders
Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024‐2126.
Abstract: The Blam (Blaum) and Selinger family papers consist of correspondence and photographs concerning Golda and Hersch Blam, their daughter, Machcia Selinger (née Blam), grandson, Oleg Selinger, and other family member’s experiences as Jews in occupied Poland in 1942. This collection comprises postcards written primarily by Golda and Hersch, who lived in Drohobycz, Poland (now Drohobych, Ukraine), to their daughter, Machcia and her family in Sambor, Poland (now Sambir, Ukraine) between June and October 1942. Also included is an annotated map of the ghetto in Warsaw in 1942 and three family photographs.
Language: Polish
Administrative Information
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Preferred citation: (Identification of item), Blam and Selinger family papers (1995.99), United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC.
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Acquisition information: The Blam and Selinger family papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Zigmund Kestenbaum.
Accruals: Accruals may have been received since this collection was first processed, see archives catalog at collections.ushmm.org for further information.
Processing history: Colleen Benoit, November 2015
Biographical note The Blam and Selinger families consist of Golda and Hersch Blam, their daughter, Machcia Selinger, Machcia’s son, Oleg Selinger, and others. In 1942, during the time of Nazi occupation, the Blam family lived in the Drohobycz Ghetto in Poland (now Drohobych, Ukraine) and the Selingers lived in Sambor, Poland (now Sambir, Ukraine). Golda and Hersch eventually perished in Belzec extermination camp or were shot in the Bronicki forest near Drohobycz, sometime in late 1942 or 1943 when most of the Jews living in Drohobycz were murdered. Machcia and Oleg survived the Holocaust.
Scope and content of collection The Blam and Selinger family papers consists primarily of correspondence in the form of postcards from Golda and Hersch Blam to their family, presumably their daughter, Machcia in Sambor. One postcard in the collection is from Toni (?) Selinger to Machcia. The postcards were written during a five month period between June and October of 1942, a time period when most of the Jews from the Drohobycz ghetto were transported to the Belzec extermination camp. Most of the postcards relate family news and concerns for each other’s health and wellbeing. Mention of food shortages and a lack of adequate clothing for Oleg is made in a couple of the postcards. Also included are three undated family photographs depicting Golda, Hersch, Oleg, and Machcia and a map of the Warsaw ghetto’s borders between 1940 and 1942.
System of arrangement The Blam and Selinger family papers are arranged as a single series.
Indexing terms Selinger, Oleg. Machcia, Selinger. Blam, Genia. Blam, Hersch.
Belzec (concentration camp).
Holocaust victims—Poland. Holocaust survivors—Poland. Jewish ghettos‐‐Poland‐‐Warsaw‐‐Maps. Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945)‐‐Ukraine‐‐Drohobych.
Drohobych (Ukraine). Sambir (Sambirs′kyĭ raĭon, Ukraine) Warsaw (Poland).
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CONTAINER LIST
Folder Title 1 Photograph – Machcia Selinger, undated 2 Photographs – Golda and Hersch Blam and Oleg Selinger, undated 3 Postcard from Toni (?) Selinger, 1942 4 Postcards from Golda and Hersch Blam, 1942 5 Warsaw Ghetto map, approximately 1940
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