Overview
- Description
- Consists of one memoir, 147 pages, entitled "Dear Family," by Hans Joachim Haller, originally of Berlin, Germany. He describes his childhood in a wealthy family in Berlin, being persecuted by the Nazis, his family's escape over the border to Czechoslovakia and joining family in Czernowitz.The family moved to Bucharest and Hans describes the Russian occupation, the beginning of the war, being moved into the ghetto, and various forced labor assignments outside the ghetto. He hid his Jewish identity and joined the Romanian Army as a mechanic, deserting in 1943. He returned to Czernowitz and married Erica Binder in 1944. They emigrated to the United States in 1948 and started a family. After Erica's death in 1969, Hans remarried Dorothy, creating a family with eleven children.
- Date
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inclusive:
2002
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hans Haller
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
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. Hans Haller
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Hans Haller donated his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Dec. 2011.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-01 11:41:44
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn44444
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