Overview
- Description
- Contains a six-page memoir with information about the Nazis entering Sokolow, Podlaski in Poland, the author's experiences hiding on farms and in a friend's attic, and the fate of the author's family.
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).
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Survivor's Registry sent Aaron Elster's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:56:10
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501881
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Also in Aaron Elster collection
Contains materials documenting the experiences of Aaron Elster and his family during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Aaron Elster papers
Document
Documents and correspondence regarding Cywia Scherb Elster (donor's mother), who was turned in to German authorities by local Poles and later shot. The documents also concern the trial of Jozef Arasim and Uzieblo, the two Poles who turned in the donor's mother and include forced testimony made by the donor and his sister.
Aaron Elster photographs
Document
Consists of one photograph taken in a ghetto, one prewar photograph of the donor's uncle and aunt in S. Podlaski, and eleven photographs taken in the Neu Freimann displaced persons camp of Neu Freimann. One photograph depicts the donor in his soccer team uniform in the Neu Freimann camp.