Overview
- Description
- Testimony, typescript, two pages, circa 1990s. Describes childhood in a village in Hessen, increasing Nazi persecution, family's move to Mainz, author's journey to Belgium with other orphaned children, then to southern France after invasion of Belgium, and survival there thanks to the Red Cross.
- Collection Creator
- Ruth H. Goldschmidt
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).
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Goldschmidt, Ruth Herz.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The memoir was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ruth Herz Goldschmidt in 1995.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:49:41
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Contains materials documenting the experiences of Ruth Herz Goldschmidt during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Ruth Herz Goldschmidt photographs
Document
The collection consists of six original photographs and two copy prints from Chateau La Hille, a castle in France where Jewish children were hidden during the Holocaust, and 1 identification card for Ruth Herz [donor].