Helfgott-Pschetiska family. Collection

This collection contains: a photocopy of a newspaper article on the death of Jozef Ber Helfgott in 1930 ; two M. Hohner brand harmonicas from the 1930s, played by Eliezer Helfgott and Israel alias Simon Helfgott ; a certificate of primary education awarded to Eliezer Helfgott, 1933 ; a pre-war photograph of Isaak and Bacia Helfgott-Faszczak, ca. 1938 ; part of Israel alias Simon Helfgott's wartime identity card and the purse in which this document was preserved by his mother Esther Hanna Pschetiska (also Pschetizki), 1942 ; two newspaper clippings published in “De Roode Vaan”, entitled “Dezen die gewroken moeten worden! Simon Helfgott” [Those who must be avenged! Simon Helfgott], one of which is framed and inscribed with the Belgian tricolour, 1945 ; three certificates of medals awarded to armed resistance fighters Eliezer Helfgott and Israel alias Simon Helfgott, 1956-1957 ; a frame containing five medals awarded after the war to armed resistance fighters Eliezer Helfgott and Israel alias Simon Helfgott ; five post-war documents relating to the death of Isaak Helfgott in the sinking of the merchant steamer St. Elwyn and relating to the payment of a pension to his widow Bacia Faszczak ; a photograph of a memorial wall in the UK in memory of fallen sailors including Isaak Helfgott.