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Ferenc Klopfer papers

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1996.A.0047

Overview

Description: Consists of photocopied documents from Dr. Ferenc Klopfer, including a handwritten memoir of Klopfer's experiences in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Theresienstadt, written in the latter location after liberation in May 1945. A separate text describes in more detail events during the death march from Buchenwald to Theresienstadt in early 1945. Also included is a photocopy of the surviving portion of a list of patients treated by Klopfer in the hospital at Buchenwald, with names of patients, including their birthdates and places of birth, dates of their deaths, as well as diagnoses and causes of their deaths. The originals of these documents are at the Yad Vashem Archives in Israel.
Date: inclusive: 1944-1945
Collection Creator: Ferenc Klopfer
Biography: Ferenc Klopfer was a medical doctor, who was arrested and deported from Felsoviso, Hungary on May 22, 1944, and sent to Auschwitz. After being assigned to hard labor, he was subsequently sent to Buchenwald, where he worked in a factory. When a kapo had noticed that he was a physician, he was reassigned to the camp hospital. In early 1945, he was sent with other prisoners on a death march to Theresienstadt, where he arrived on April 21, 1945, and he and other inmates narrowly escaped mass execution by the SS, due to the intervention of the Red Cross, prior to the camp's liberation. [Source: Klopfer's unpublished memoir].

Physical Details

Language: Hungarian German
Genre/Form: 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

Topical Term: Concentration camps--Poland--Oświęcim. Concentration camps--Germany-Buchenwald. Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Personal narratives. Jews--Hungary--Biography. Jewish physicians--Hungary--Biography.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Katz, Katalin. Gift, 1995.

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