Overview
- Description
- Consists of a two-part memoir written by Fabian Gerson. Part I, titled "The Road to Annihilation," describes Fabian’s childhood in Łódź, prewar antisemitism, and the invasion of Poland. Part II, titled "The Difficult Life Afterwards," describes his health problems after liberation, which led to time in the Davos sanatorium, and his postwar life and career as a professor.
- Date
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creation:
2005
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fabian Gerson
- Collection Creator
- Fabian Gerson
- Biography
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Fabian Gerson (1926-2011) was born in Łódź, Poland to Pinkus (b. 1880) and Dora (née Kon, b. 1896) Gerson and had one sister, Franciszka. After the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, Dora and Franciszka moved to Częstochowa and Pinkus and Fabian were sent to the Łódź ghetto. They escaped in October 1940 and joined Dora and Franciszka. The family was sent to the Częstochowa ghetto from April 1941 until September 22, 1942, when the ghetto was liquidated. Pinkus, Dora, and Franciszka were sent to Treblinka where they were killed. Fabian was sent to forced labor at an armament plant owned by the HASAG company on the outskirts of Częstochowa. In January 1945 he was deported to Buchenwald and was liberated by the American forces in April 1945. Fabian returned to Switzerland, obtained a chemistry doctorate, and became a naturalized Swiss citizen. In 1962 he married Ingeborg Waldmann and they had two children: Daniel (b. 1962) and Deborah (1968).
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
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- Copyright Holder
- Gerson, Professor Fabian
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Fabian Gerson memoir was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-30 08:55:09
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