Overview
- Description
- Four pages of typescript testimony about the experience of a Polish family living in Minden, Germany before World War II, growing antisemitism during 1930s, training in vocational program and apprentice on farm in Oldenburg, and their arrest and deportation during the Polenaktion of 1938 to the camp in Zbąszyń. After efforts of friends from a German farm, he was able to immigrate to England in 1939, but his parents and siblings never made it out of Poland and perished.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Memoirs. Personal Narratives.
- Extent
-
1 folder
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- 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
- Geographic Name
- Zbąszyń (Poland)--History--20th century.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Isidor J. Kirshrot.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:51:07
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501016
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