Martin and Naomi Warren Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0739

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Forms part of the Houston Jewish History Archive. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

One box of news clippings, membership cards, photographs, and biographical information documents the lives of Martin and Naomi Warren from 1952-2010. Of particular interest is Naomi Warren's testimony about her life, including as a prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen.

Dates

Creation: 1952 - 2010

Conditions Governing Access

Collection open for research.

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Martin and Naomi Warren Papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations.

Biographical / Historical

Naomi Warren (née Kaplan) was born on September 1, 1920 in Wołkowysk, Poland. After enrolling in a nearby university, Naomi met and married Alexander Rosenbaum in 1940. In January 1942, after the Nazis' invasion of Eastern Poland, Naomi and Alexander were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where they were separated from each other. Alexander perished months later, and Naomi endured years in Auschwitz before being transferred to Ravensbrück and then to Bergen-Belsen, which was liberated by the British in 1945. The following year, Naomi immigrated to Houston, Texas, and in 1949, she married Martin Warren, with whom she had 3 children and started a successful business before he passed in 1960. Naomi retained an active role in the business and in the Houston community until her death on October 2, 2016. Information taken from https://hmh.org/survivors/list/naomi-warren_33e.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of one box containing news clippings, membership cards, photographs, and biographical information documenting the lives of Martin and Naomi Warren from 1952-2010.