Souvenir pin with the words HIAS and Bremen and two boxes given to a young Jewish Polish refugee 2010.416.1 a front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Pin inscribed HIAS Bremen 1946 with a display case and a cardboard box given to 8 year old Henikel Minuskin in 1946 when he emigrated from Germany to the United States with his family on board the Marine Marlin. After his hometown, Zhetel, Poland, was occupied by Germany in June 1941, he and his family lived with partisans in the Lipichanski forest in Poland (Bialowieza Forest (Poland and Belarus) from 1942-1944. His father, Shlamke, was a member of the Lenin Partisan Brigade and Henikel, his mother, Shanke, and his baby brother, Kalmanke, lived with the group. The area was liberated by the Soviet Army in September 1944. When the war ended in May 1945, the family went to Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany. With the assistance of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), the family emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York on September 6, 1946.
Pin inscribed HIAS Bremen 1946 with a display case and a cardboard box given to 8 year old Henikel Minuskin in 1946 when he emigrated from Germany to the United States with his family on board the Marine Marlin. After his hometown, Zhetel, Poland, was occupied by Germany in June 1941, he and his family lived with partisans in the Lipichanski forest in Poland (Bialowieza Forest (Poland and Belarus) from 1942-1944. His father, Shlamke, was a member of the Lenin Partisan Brigade and Henikel, his mother, Shanke, and his baby brother, Kalmanke, lived with the group. The area was liberated by the Soviet Army in September 1944. When the war ended in May 1945, the family went to Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany. With the assistance of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), the family emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York on September 6, 1946.
- Title: Souvenir pin with the words HIAS and Bremen and two boxes given to a young Jewish Polish refugee 2010.416.1 a front
- Provenance: The souvenir pin and boxes were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Harold Minuskin, the son of Sonia Minuskin., The souvenir pin and boxes were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Harold Minuskin, the son of Sonia Minuskin.
- Subject Keywords: Hidden children in the Holocaust--Belarus--Dziatlava--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus--Dziatlava--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Belarus--Dziatlava. Jewish refugees--Germany--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Personal narratives. Lenin Partisan Brigade (Belarus)--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Personal narratives., Hidden children in the Holocaust--Belarus--Dziatlava--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus--Dziatlava--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Belarus--Dziatlava. Jewish refugees--Germany--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Personal narratives. Lenin Partisan Brigade (Belarus)--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Personal narratives.
- Type: Identifying Artifacts, Identifying Artifacts
- Rights: Permanent Collection, Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: a. Circular, plastic coated cardboard pin with a metal straight pin closure on the back. The front is discolored white with English and Hebrew text in blue ink and 2 blue 8-sided stars printed on opposite sides of the border. There is a smaller, blue ink, circular outline in the center with English text and the date. The reverse is black. b. Clear, diamond cut plastic square box with a metal hinged lid. There is a square shaped cardboard insert covered in black velvet with a slit cut in the top to insert the pin clasp (a). It is open on the bottom and a piece of foam is glued to the interior for support. There is a square shaped piece of cardboard with one silver side inserted in the base. On the base underside is a gold oval sticker with English text in black ink. c. Square cube shaped black cardboard box with an oval cut out on the top. It is a fold together box with a fold down lid section., a. Circular, plastic coated cardboard pin with a metal straight pin closure on the back. The front is discolored white with English and Hebrew text in blue ink and 2 blue 8-sided stars printed on opposite sides of the border. There is a smaller, blue ink, circular outline in the center with English text and the date. The reverse is black. b. Clear, diamond cut plastic square box with a metal hinged lid. There is a square shaped cardboard insert covered in black velvet with a slit cut in the top to insert the pin clasp (a). It is open on the bottom and a piece of foam is glued to the interior for support. There is a square shaped piece of cardboard with one silver side inserted in the base. On the base underside is a gold oval sticker with English text in black ink. c. Square cube shaped black cardboard box with an oval cut out on the top. It is a fold together box with a fold down lid section.
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