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Simon Drucker memoir

Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0243

The Simon Drucker memoir consist of a single typed page relating Drucker’s arrest during the Velodrome d’Hiver roundup; his internment, escape, and re-internment in nearly a dozen prisons and concentration camps in France, Poland, and Germany; liberation; fighting in the first Arab-Israeli war; and beginning his life again in Paris.

Date
1999 September 21
Language
French
Genre/Form
Personal Narratives.
Extent
1 folder

About This Document

Document Creator
Simon Drucker
Biography
Simon Drucker was born in Paris in 1924 to Abraham and Thérèse Drucker. His father was deported to Auschwitz in June 1942 and killed there. He was arrested with his mother and brother during the Vel d’Hiv roundup and transferred to Beaune-la-Rolande. His mother and brother were both deported from Drancy to Auschwitz and killed. Drucker passed through a variety of prisons and concentration camps, occasionally escaping only to be re-arrested. He was selected for work at Auschwitz, evacuated by death march, and was liberated in May 1945. He spent the years from 1948 to 1952 fighting in Israel, but returned to Paris to re-establish his life.
System of Arrangement
The Simon Drucker memoir is arranged as a single series: I. Simon Drucker memoir, 1999

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Simon Drucker donated the Simon Drucker memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
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