Overview
- Description
- The collection includes a diary written by Ilona Braunstein Korach in 1945, documenting her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland and Buchenwald concentration camp sub-camps Gelsenkirchen and Sömmerda. The diary was created by Livia Klein with whom Ilona and her daughter Martha were in camp with. The front cover of the diary states "Ilu [Ilona] Béla [Ilona’s husband who perished] and Marti” and the back states “minden elmulik egyszer” ("this too shall pass").
- Date
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use:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marti Korach Weiss
Physical Details
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.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Marti Korach Weiss.
- Funding Note
- The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
- Special Collection
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Save Their Stories
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-11 13:19:06
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn41833
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