us-005578-irn716082
record resource structure: The collection is arranged as two files. 1 of 2. Marian family, 1908-circa 2000 2 of 2. Moscuna family, 1941-1944
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn716082/acquisitions/1
date: 1908-circa 2000
has or had some members with language: ron
scope and content: The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of the Marian family of Cîmpulung and Suceava, Romania and the Moscuna family of Bucharest, Romania. Included is wartime family correspondence, immigration documents, and a document regarding stolen family valuables after they were deported from Cîmpulung to Transnistiria in 1941. There is also a donor-provided family history, and documents of Octav Moscuna regarding his forced-labor in Bucharest.
title: Marian and Moscuna families papers
has record set type: Item
biographical history: Margit Marian (1924-2007) was born on July 15, 1924 to Bronislava Marian and Rudolf Marian. Her mother, Bronislava Marian (Bronia, 1885-1979) was born Bronislava Hirschmann on January 4, 1885 in Stryi, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Stryi, Ukraine) to Moritz Hirschmann and Eugenia Hirschmann. Her father Rudolf Marian (1879-1936) was born on October 2, 1879 in Bosanci, Romania to David Marian and Rachel Marian. Margit grew up in Cîmpulung, Romania and she had three siblings: Teofila Marian (b. 1910), Elsa Marian (b. 1911, and Dagobert Marian (Dodo, 1915-1988). In November 1940 Romania allied with Germany, and in October 1941 the Marian family were deported from Cîmpulung to Transnistria. They were liberated by the Soviet Red Army in 1944 and the family returned to Cîmpulung. Margit became a teacher and later attended medical school in Timișoara where she trained to become a microbiologist. While in medical school she met and married Petru Ioan Kun (later Petru Ioan Dragos, 1923-1955). Petru was a journalist, and died by suicide in 1955. In 1958 Margit married Octav Moscuna (1918-2005) and they lived in Bucharest. They immigrated to Israel in 1970, and later moved to the United States. Octav Moscuna (1918-2005) was born on June 5, 1918 in Bucharest, Romania. His father was a businessman and his mother, Otilia Moscuna, was an educator. During the Holocaust, Octav was a forced-laborer in Bucharest from 1941-1944. After the war he worked as a chemical engineer in Bucharest and married Margit Marian (1924-2007) in 1958. They immigrated to Israel in 1970, and later moved to the United States.
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/843
record resource extent: folders 2
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn716082/alternateIDs/1
identifier: irn716082
has or had holder: us-005578
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has or had some members with language: eng
type: RecordSet