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Ernest Sterzer memoir

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.438

Overview

Description: The Ernest Sterzer memoir consists of a copy of a memoir, 23 pages, untitled, by Ernest Sterzer, originally of Vienna, Austria. In the memoir, which is in English, Mr. Sterzer describes his experiences as an insulin-dependent diabetic during the Holocaust, including his family's 1942 deportation to Theresienstadt (Terezin), and the lengths his family went to in order to obtain insulin. In October 1944, he was deported to Auschwitz, where he eventually went into the hospital because he didn't have insulin. He was deported to Heinkel, Germany, where he performed forced labor, sporadically obtaining insulin, and from there, to Oranienburg. He was liberated on a death march by the American Army near Schwerin, Germany on May 2, 1945.
Date: undated:
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Florence Sterzer *Note: The donor wishes Florence Zweiben, the widow of Ernest Sterzer, be credited in any use of the memoir.*

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Personal Narratives.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Ernest Sterzer memoir is arranged in a single series.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
Copyright Holder: Ms. Beverly Zweiben

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Diabetes. Concentration camp inmates.
Geographic Name: Vienna (Austria) Austria. Czech Republic. Schwerin (Germany) Germany.
Personal Name: Sterzer, Ernest, 1925- Sterzer, Karl. Sterzer, Rosa. Sterzer, Fred. Sterzer, Gerda. Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.
Corporate Name: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Oranienburg (Concentration camp) Heinkel-Werke Oranienburg (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Beverly Zweiben donated the Ernest Sterzer memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in October 2010. Beverly Zweiben is the neice of Ernest Sterzer.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

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