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Narrative and diary of Mr. Gabriel Mermall

Document | Accession Number: 1986.019.1 | RG Number: RG-02.008.01

Consists of a copy of a survivor testimony written by Gabriel Mermall in diary form. The diary recounts the experiences of Mermall and his son, Tommy, during six months of hiding in a forest near the Carpathian Mountains. The diary also contains information about Christians who aided Mermall and his son, activity of partisans in Hungary, and the advance of the Soviet Army at the end of World War II. Portions of the testimony are written in narrative form and are intermingled with the diary entries.

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Date: undated:
Language: English
Genre/Form: Diaries.
Extent: 1 folder

System of Arrangement: Diary entries are in chronological order
Topical Term: Hiding places.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Holocaust survivors.
Jews--Czechoslovakia.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
Geographic Name: Poroshkov (Ukraine)
Ruthenia.
Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945.
Personal Name: Mermall, Gabriel.
Mermall, Regina.
Mermall, Tommy.
Gartner.
Corporate Name: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel.
Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The copy of the Mermall diary was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on 14 Aug. 1986 by Dr. Max Rothchild.
Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
: Record last modified: 2020-05-28 15:05:40
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