Overview
- Description
- Describes Charlotte Kahane and her mother's escape from an "aktion" and their hiding from German athorities; their activities in the ghetto in Lut︠s︡ʹk, Ukraine; their separation; Charlotte's experiences in Dubno, Ukraine; her mother's death; her escape from and recapture by German authorities; being an Ostarbeiter in Germany; and the end of World War II and her immigration to Australia.
- Collection Creator
- Charlotte Kahane
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Memoirs.
- Extent
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4 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).
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews, Polish--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography. Hiding places--Poland. Jewish ghettos--Ukraine--Lut︠s︡ʹk.
- Geographic Name
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Dubno (Ukraine)
- Personal Name
- Kahane, Charlotte, 1926-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- In July 1993, Charlotte Kahane donated her memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:01:54
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504333
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