Overview
- Description
- 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
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of J. Pierre Loebel
- Collection Creator
- Moshe Lachowicki
- Biography
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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.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narratives. Memoirs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Testimony Regarding Nesvizh (Niewswiez), Poland is arranged as a single series.
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
- Geographic Name
- Poland. Nieswiez (Poland)
- Personal Name
- Lachowicki, Moshe.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-05 13:32:26
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42111
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