Overview
- Description
- Consists of one bound memoir, 59 pages, entitled "Paula" by Paula Scwamenau Eisenhammer, originally of Sniatyn. In the memoir, she describes growing up with family in Sniatyn and Kolomyja, life in the Kolomyja ghetto, a failed attempt to escape to Romania, and escaping from a moving deportation train outside of Majdanek. She returned to Kolomyja and obtained Aryan papers. In the fall of 1942, she traveled to Germany as a forced laborer, hiding her Jewish identity. She was liberated in 1945 and was able to emigrate to the United States in January 1947.
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1988
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narratives.
- Extent
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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).
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Julia Firestone
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-21 14:51:11
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