Overview
- Description
- Consists of one memoir, handwritten in English, by Tunia Kogan, originally of Ozorkow, Poland. In the memoir, she describes her life and family in Ozorkow, the selection in the town square, life in the ghetto, and her deportation to Auschwitz in September 1944. In December 1944, she was sent to Dresden. After the bombings in Dresden, she was sent on a forced march for two months, until she was able to escape with her sister near Karlsbad and Marienbad. She lived in a displaced persons camp for five years before emigrating to the United States.
- Date
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1997 May 09
- Collection Creator
- Tunia Kogan
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- 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
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Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Ozorków (Poland) Dresden (Germany)
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this memoir from United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch on July 2, 1998. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received it from Tunia Kogan.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:19:30
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