Overview
- Description
- Consists of one memoir, 69 pages, entitled "Hindenburg--Aug 1944-January 1945" by Halina Den, originally of Radom, Poland. In the memoir, Ms. Den describes being taken from Auschwitz to Hindenburg, a newly opened forced labor camp housing both Jewish and Roma prisoners. She describes an SS officer named Muller and many of the other prisoners whom she names, as well as life at Hindenburg and the interactions between the Jewish and Roma prisoners. She describes being evacuated from Hindenburg by rail in January 1945 and, as the memoir ends, their arrival at Bergen-Belsen. Also includes a drawing of the layout of Hindenburg.
- Date
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publication/distribution:
circa 2000
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Halina Den
- Collection Creator
- Halina Den
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
- 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).
- Copyright Holder
- Mrs. Halina Den
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Zabrze (Poland) Hindenburg (Germany)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Halina Den donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Dec. 30, 2009.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-09-17 08:49:43
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39132
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