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Zoltan Hertz collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.188.1

Overview

Description: The Zoltan Hertz collection consists of a paper, interview transcript, and digital interview regarding the Holocaust experiences of Zoltan Hertz (born Hercz), originally of Nyirbator, Hungary. The paper, entitled "The Story of Zoltan Hertz: The Holocaust and How I Made It", was written by Mr. Hertz's grandson, Nathanial Rodgers and describes Mr. Hertz's childhood, memories of being interned in the ghetto, deportation to Auschwitz and later to Mauthausen, Linz, and Melk, liberation, and reunification with family members. Also includes an oral history interview and transcript with Mr. Hertz conducted in the spring of 2011.
Date: creation: 2011
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nathaniel Matthew Rodgers

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Personal narratives.
Extent: 1 digital file.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Zoltan Hertz collection is arranged in a single series.

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: Mr. Nathaniel M. Rodgers

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Holocaust survivors. Concentration camp inmates. Displaced persons--Europe. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Geographic Name: Linz (Austria) Vienna (Austria) Hungary. Nyírbátor (Hungary)
Personal Name: Hertz, Zoltan, 1929-2014. Hertz, Menashe. Hertz, Alte Frimet. Hertz, Joe.
Corporate Name: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Mielec (Concentration camp) Ebensee (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Nathaniel Rodgers donated his grandfather's story to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011. He completed this paper and oral history interview as a high school senior project.

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