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"The Holocaust Survival of the Katz family, 1941-1944"

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2008.267.1

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Overview

Description: "The Holocaust Survival of the Katz family, 1941-1944" is a 23 page memoir written by Ruth Katz Leiser. The memoir recalls the Holocaust experiences of the Katz family of Godulin, near Maišiagala, Poland.
Date: creation: 2008
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Leiser
Reference: This testimony is included in Schafer, Nicola. The Words to Remember It: Memoirs of Child Holocaust Survivors. Carlton North, Vic: Scribe Publications, 2009.

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Personal Narratives. Memoir.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: "The Holocaust Survival of the Katz family" is a single item.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Copyright Holder: Mrs. Ruth Leiser

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Poland. Families. Hidden children (Holocaust) Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish refugees. Jews--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
Geographic Name: Poland.
Personal Name: Katz, Nachum. Katz, Jack. Katz, Berthe. Leiser, Ruth Katz.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Ruth Leiser donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on November 9, 2008.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Record last modified:: 2023-02-24 13:36:25
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