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"August Cohn--Anti-Fascist: His Life under Nazi Tyranny and American Repression"

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2012.193.1

Overview

Description: Consists of a CD containing one manuscript, 219 pages, entitled "August Cohn--Anti-Fascist: His Life under Nazi Tyranny and American Repression," by Howard Cohn. In the manuscript, Mr. Cohn describes his the experiences of his father, August Cohn, who born in Fulda, Germany, and arrested as a Communist in April 1933. After being beaten and publicly humiliated in Oberkaufungen, he was tried and imprisoned in the Kassel and Hameln prisons before entering the concentration camp system in 1935, where he was imprisoned both as a Jew and a Communist in the Esterwegen, Sachsenhausen, Dachau, and Buchenwald concentration camps. He participated in the underground resistance movements in these concentration camps. After liberation, August Cohn married and emigrated to the United States, where he was arrested and tried as a member of the Communist party, finally gaining American citizenship in 1964. Includes extensive appendices of copies of documents and photographs.
Date: publication/distribution: 2010
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Howard F. Cohn

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Personal narratives.
Extent: 1 CD.
Extent: 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. Howard F. Cohn

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives. Communists--Germany.
Geographic Name: Germany.
Personal Name: Cohn, August.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Howard Cohn donated the manuscript to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.

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