Paul and Judith Schneiderman collection

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 

Paul and Judith Schneiderman collection 

folder 1 

Collection of photographs documenting the experiences of Paul and Judith Schneiderman (donor's parents) in the Landsberg Displaced Persons camp immediately following the Holocaust. Both survived multiple concentration camps, and they met and married while in Landsberg. 

Paul Schneiderman (1919-2013) was born Pinchas Sznayderman in October 1919 in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland to Chaya and Noah Sznayderman. He had at least three siblings: Israel, Moishe, and Motel. Paul was the survivor of several camps including Buchenwald and Dachau. After the war he met his wife Judith Rosenberg in the Landsberg displaced persons camp. They immigrated to the United States in 1947 and settled in New Jersey. Judith Schneiderman (1928-2018) was born Judith Rosenberg on 22 August 1928 in Rachov, Czechoslovakia (Rakhiv, Ukraine) to Yankel and Yetta Rosenberg. She had seven siblings: Suri, Ruchel, Malcha, Frieda, Esther, Chochu, and Abraham. Her family owned a store in Rachov that was confiscated in 1938 by the Hungarian government. Judith was a survivor of Auschwitz and met her husband Paul Schneiderman in the Landsberg displaced persons camp. They immigrated to the United States in 1947 and settled in New Jersey.