School Report

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

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School Report : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Green, White ; Ht: 21,5 cm x W: 33 cm

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1 page, double-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Green fiscal stamp with value of 30 groszy affixed at top right corner. Document is a school report issued to David Honig from a private Jewish trade high school in Kraków, Poland for the 1935-36 school year. On recto, document is printed on school letterhead, with personal information about the student beneath it, followed by a printed list of subjects within a rectangular border. One-word assessments are handwritten to the right of each subject. On verso, report is signed by school officials. Grading legend at bottom. Narrative: School report was issued to donor's husband, David Honig. David was born in Mielec, a shtetl near Krakow, Poland. His parents were Psachie and Miriam Honig, and he had a sister named Helen. David studied business at a private Jewish trade school in Kraków from 14 to 17 years old. At 17, upon graduating, he returned to Mielec to work at his family's flour mill. When the Russian army invaded their region in 1940, David was going to be drafted into the army. His mother told the soldiers that David had typhus; when they come to the Honig home, she bandaged his head and put red water on it to appear that he was bleeding. David wasn't drafted. With his uncle and seven other men, David was smuggled to Romania with the help of a guide. David brought along his tie and his school report. Along the way the group had to cross a river and they all had to hold their belongings above their heads to protect them from the water. This is how David was able to salvage his tie and school report. David’s parents and sister were saved by a Polish Gentile by the name of W?adys?aw Dobrowolski who used to be a customer at their mill. He hid them throughout the war; he is recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations. The Honigs were the only family from their shtetl to survive intact.

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PRYWATNA ŻYDOWSKA KOEDUKACYJNAŚREDNIA SZKOŁA HANDLOWASTOWARZYSZENIA ŻYDOWSKICH ABSOLWENTÓW WYŻSZEGO STUDIUM HANDLOWEGOW KRAKOWIEŚWIADECTWO SZKOLNEPrawodawstwo handloweArytmetyka handlowaL. kat. 14/aSprawowanie sięReligiaJęzyk polskiJęzyk hebrajski i korespondencjaJęzyk angielski i korespondencjaHistoria z uwzględnieniem historii ustroju gospodarczegoNauka obywatelstwaGeografia gospodarczaEkonomia politycznaMatematykaPalestyna i Bliski WschódTowaroznawstwo wraz z fizyką i chemiąKsięgowość i kantor wzorowyNauka o handluKorespondencja handlowa i prace kantoroweStenografiaKaligrafiaPisanie i liczenie na maszynachHigienaĆwiczenia cielesneRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

Polish

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2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

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