Overview
- Description
- Relates the experiences of Morris (née Moishe) Elbaum; in particular his childhood in Warsaw, Poland; his life inside and escape from the Warsaw ghetto; his capture by the Germans, transport to a concentration camp, and his escape; his passing as a Polish gentile; his being sent to concentration camps in Ludwigshafen, Eichwalde, and Berlin, Germany as a laborer; his liberation; his attempts to find family members who had survived; and his emigration to the United States.
- Subtitle
- a biography of my father
- Date
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1993
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 folder
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).
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews, Polish--Germany. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. Jews--Poland. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Geographic Name
- Warsaw (Poland) United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Elbaum, Morris.
- Corporate Name
- Eichwalde (Concentration camp) Ludwigshafen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Sharon Elbaum Glickman donated the memorial the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in June 1994.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:01:29
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504253
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