Overview
- Description
- Consists of one typescript biography, 44 pages, entitled: "Simon: from Darkness at the Break of Noon 'til Dawn's Early Light, an Abridged Oral History" by Dave Hunterman (pen name), written in 2011. Huntermann describes the experiences of his father, Simon Silver, who was born in Chelm, Poland. After the German invasion and after briefly spending time in the Warsaw ghetto, he returned to Chelm and managed to briefly escape deportation. He was sent on a death march and bribed a Nazi soldier with a gold coin to avoid being shot. Simon, his brother, brother-in-law, and friend escaped during a death march in the middle of the night. They spent the rest of the war in a Siberian labor camp. In Russia after the war, Simon married a woman from Zamosc, Poland, who spent the war in hiding in the forest; they emigrated to the United States in 1949. Also includes three post-war photographs of Simon Silver in Chelm, including an image of Simon with his brother Hirsch holding a memorial tombstone and a photograph of a group memorializing the Jews of Chelm who perished in the Holocaust. Also includes a copy of a military government document attesting to Simcha Silberblech (Simon Silver) life at the Heidenheim displaced persons camp.
- Date
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publication/distribution:
2011
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Charlie Silver
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives. Photographs.
- Extent
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2 folders
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. Charles H. Silver
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Chełm (Lublin)--Personal narratives. Jews, Polish--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--Biography.
- Geographic Name
- Chelm (Poland)
- Personal Name
- Silver, Simon.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Charles H. Silver donated this manuscript to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-01 11:41:37
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