Overview
- Description
- Contains information about Joseph Soski's childhood in Busko and Krakow, Poland; German occupation of Krakow; increasing restrictions of Jews; donor's escape to the Soviet-occupied zone of Poland; life in the Czestochowa ghetto; forced labor; deportation to Buchenwald, then to Dora-Mittelbau; evacuation from Dora-Mittelbau; liberation; displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States; and a new life in the United States.
- Date
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1991
- Collection Creator
- Joseph Soski
- Biography
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Joseph Soski (born Yosef Lajb Sosk) was born in Mlawa, Poland, in 1920. He was a survivor of the Buchenwald and Dora-Mittelbau concentration camps. After the war he immigrated to the United States.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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2 folders
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
- Joseph Soski
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor. Escapes. Jewish way of life. Holocaust survivors--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. Refugee camps. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Czestochowa.
- Geographic Name
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Personal Name
- Soski, Joseph.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Joseph Soski
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The donated volume incudes both typescript and photocopied text, as well as photocopies of additional materials that were gathered by the donor from various sources including publications, photographs, a diagram, and a passenger ticket. These materials were incorporated into the text. Donor gave a copy to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Department ca. Nov. 1992, and that department passed it on to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives shortly thereafter.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:29:52
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