Overview
- Description
- Contains photocopies of personal notes, essays, and newspaper articles written by Wenceslas J. Wagner concerning experiences as a resistance fighter in underground movements in Poland, and as a political prisoner in several Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-1989
- Collection Creator
- Wenceslas J. Wagner
- Biography
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Wenceslas Wagner is a native of Poland and a survivor of the Holocaust. He participated in underground resistance. He was eventually captured by the Germans and spent time in several concentration camps. He later became a law professor at the University of Detroit.
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
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
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Political prisoners. Concentration camps--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- Geographic Name
- Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Personal Name
- Wagner, Wenceslas J.
- Corporate Name
- AK-Home Army (Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Wenceslas J. Wagner
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Wenceslas J. Wagner donated the materials to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in November 1990.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-01 15:06:43
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507326
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