Shari: a true story

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.A.0092 | RG Number: RG-02.007.01

Overview

Description: Consists of a copy of "Shari: a true story" written by Shirley Lebovitz, formerly Shari Weisberger, in 1946 and translated from Hungarian to English by Lebovitz's daughter, Magda Weisberger Willinger, in 1981. The story describes the survival of Lebovitz and her daughter during the Holocaust and their return to a normal life after World War II. "Shari" includes information about the treatment of Czech Jews at the hands of the Nazis and the Hungarian occupation forces, Hungarian Zandars, deportations to ghettos, survival in Auschwitz and forced labor camps, reunions with relatives and friends after liberation, and emigration to the United States.
Date: creation: circa 1981
Collection Creator: Shirley Lebovitz
Biography: Shirley Lebovitz, formerly Shari Weisberger, is a native of Czechoslovakia and a survivor of the Holocaust. She immigrated to the United States with her daughter, Magda Weisberger, in 1946.

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Copyright Holder: Shirley Lebovitz

Topical Term: Antisemitism. Catholics. Children. Communism. Concentration camps. Crematoriums. Death marches. Emigration and immigration. Forced labor. Genealogy. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors. Human experimentation in medicine. Jews--Czechoslovakia. Jews--Persecutions--Hungary. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków. Jewish ghettos--Hungary--Nagyszöö. Jewish way of life. Romanies. Concentration camp inmates--Selection process. Typhoid fever. Starvation. Weapons industry. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists.
Geographic Name: Chicago (Ill.) Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945. Gdańsk (Poland) Korolevo (Ukraine) Philadelphia (Pa.) Phoenix (Ariz.) Ruthenia (Czechoslovakia) Sudetenland (Czech Republic) Bydgoszcz (Poland : Concentration camp)
Personal Name: Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962. Grese, Irma, 1923-1945. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. Lebovitz, Shirley. Mengele, Josef, 1911- Speer, Albert, 1905-1981. Stein, Pearl. Szalai, Joseph. Willinger, Magda Weisberger. Weisberger, Solomon. Weisberger, Veronica. Weisberger, Lillian. Weisberger, Bertha. Weisberger, Olga. Wisliceny, Dieter, 1911-
Corporate Name: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡

Holder of Originals: Shirley Lebovitz
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The original testimony, written in Hungarian, was completed ca. 1946-1947 by Shirley Lebovitz. The text was translated into English by Lebovitz's daughter, Magda W. Willinger, in 1981. It was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Lebovitz during the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Washington, D.C., in Apr. 1983.