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"Fort Montluc and Ravensbrück"

Document | Accession Number: 1991.A.0069 | RG Number: RG-02.038

Consists of copies of a memoir of an anonymous Holocaust survivor. A member of the French resistance, the young woman was captured by the Gestapo and subjected to severe treatment. The testimony describes her deportation from France to Ravensbrück, slave labor in a German plane factory, experiences with female SS guards, her many illnesses as a prisoner, and her eventual liberation by the Red Army.

SubTitle: a record of imprisonment
Date: undated:
Language: English
French
Genre/Form: Autobiographies.
Extent: 1 folder

Topical Term: Blockälteste.
Women concentration camp guards.
Death marches.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Holocaust survivors.
Lesbians.
World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
Geographic Name: France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
Corporate Name: Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel.
Germany. Geheime Staatspolizei.
France. Armée. Etat-Major. Deuxième Bureau.
Montluc (Prison : France)
Oranienburg (Concentration camp)
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
Schönefeld (Concentration camp)
Holder of Originals: University of Nebraska at Lincoln - Library
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The testimony was given to Elsie Thomas of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln by Caroline Ferriday. Ferriday received the testimony from a "French friend" who wished to remain anonymous. Because of the delicate condition of the original, Ms. Thomas had it photocopied and presented the copy to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives along with an English translation prepared by an unknown translator.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. Researchers should cite University of Nebraska at Lincoln Library as holder of the original
: Record last modified: 2020-01-14 09:37:07
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