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Testimony regarding Nesvizh (Nieswiez), Poland

Document | Accession Number: 2010.432

The Testimony Regarding Nesvizh (Niewswiez), Poland is an eyewitness report of the destruction of the Jewish community of Nesvizh (Nieswiez), Poland, written by Moshe Lachowicki in Jerusalem in 1948. He describes the Nazi raid on the village of October 29, 1941, life in the ghetto subsequent to that, and the panic that accompanied a second raid, from which Mr. Lachowicki escaped by hiding. He was able to escape into the forest, where he joined the partisans.

Date
creation:  1948
Language
English
Genre/Form
Personal Narratives.
Memoirs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of J. Pierre Loebel

About This Document

Document Creator
Moshe Lachowicki
Biography
Moshe Lachowicki was a member of the Jewish community of Nesvizh (Nieswiez), Poland. German soldiers raided the village on October 29, 1941. A ghetto was established and Lachowicki escaped a second raid of the village in hiding. He escaped to the forest where he joined the partisans. By 1948 he was living in Jerusalem.
System of Arrangement
The Testimony Regarding Nesvizh (Niewswiez), Poland is arranged as a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Geographic Name
Poland.
Nieswiez (Poland)
Personal Name
Lachowicki, Moshe.

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Dr. J. Pierre Loebel donated this testimony to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Sept. 6, 2010. The document came to the Loebel family because they had extended family in Nieswiez, including Mrs. Loebel's grandfather, Neach Wselubski, who was a prominent citizen. Most of the members of the family were murdered in the Holocaust.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Primary Number
8197

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-03-31 12:56:43
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