us-005578-irn63288-irn85964
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archival history: The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Zina Hendel Wexler DiLorenzo, the niece of Paul Hendel.
biographical history: Pinchas Hendel was born on July 1, 1914, in Hrubieszow, Poland, to a Jewish couple, Moshe Aron (Nuchim Moszko Aron) and Soshe Rachel (Sosia Ruchla, Jente) Finger Hendel. He had three siblings: Joseph, Izak, and Keile Taube. Pinchas’s paternal family was most likely Russian and his grandmother lived in Krasnograd (later Krasnohrad, Ukraine). His mother Soshe Rachel was born to Szaja and Jenta (Sara Rifka) Rauch Finger. She had a sister, Mania, and a brother, Leib, born on December 25, 1882, in Hrubieszow. Pinchas’s brother Joseph emigrated to New York circa 1920. His sister Keile Taube married Israel Blander and had two children, Jentle and Basha. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. German troops occupied Hrubieszow, located just west of the Bug River, on September 14. They handed it over to Soviet forces on September 17 to comply with the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, an agreement signed August 23, 1939, in which Germany and the Soviet Union divided Poland. Germany claimed all territory west of the Vistula River, which was west of Hrubieszow in central Poland. On September 29, the dividing line was changed and Germany was given all territory west of the Bug River. The Germans reoccupied Hrubieszow on October 3. As the Soviets retreated, many young Jewish men fled eastward to Soviet occupied territory. Pinchas went to Wlodzimierz Wolynski (Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Ukraine) in eastern Poland. In 1940, Pinchas was in territory occupied by the Soviet Union. On June 22, 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union and occupied eastern Poland. Germany surrendered to the Allied nations on May 7, 1945, and to the Soviet Union on May 9. From August 1945 to April 1946, Pinchas was in Glatz, Poland. In May, he went to Ebensee, Austria. Pinchas’s maternal uncle Leib also had survived the war in the Soviet Union. On August 28, 1946, Pinchas and Leib were in Heilbronn displaced persons camp in Germany. In November, Pinchas and Leib moved to Hasenhecke dp camp in Kassel, Germany. Pincha…
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Circular, silver colored metal pin with raised silver text around a central circle with a raised border on a blue painted field. On the back is a C clasp with a straight pin and a maker's mark.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: after 1947-before 1950 December
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: heb
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn85964
is or was included in: us-005578-irn63288
record resource extent: overall: | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: HIAS pin acquired by Pinchas Hendel when he left for the US after the war with the aid of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. On September 14, 1939, German troops occupied Hrubieszow, Poland, where Pinchas lived, along with his parents Aron and Rachel, his brother Izak, and his sister Keile Taube, with her husband and children. The Germans handed it over to Soviet forces on September 17 to comply with the German-Soviet Pact in which they divided Poland. The Germans reoccupied Hrubieszow on October 3 when the partition line was changed to the Bug River. As the Soviets retreated, many residents, especially young Jewish men, fled eastward to Soviet occupied territory. Pinchas went to Wlodzimierz Wolynski in eastern Poland. He remained in Soviet occupied territory for the duration of the war. After the war ended in May 1945, Pinchas lived in several displaced persons camps in Germany. He married Christina Knies in September 1949 and they left for the US in 1950. Most of Pinchas’s family was killed during the Holocaust.
title: Blue and silver HIAS badge acquired by a Polish Jewish refugee