Overview
- Description
- Contains information about Pessel (Piri) Gantz, a Slovakian Jew, and her family's struggle to survive the Holocaust assisted by gentile friends.
- Collection Creator
- Pessel Gans
- Biography
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Pessel (Piri) Gans, a Slovakian Jew, survived the Holocaust with the help of gentile friends from 1944 to 1945. She now lives in Israel.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narratives.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
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).
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Antisemitism. Jewish children. Hiding places. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements. Jews--Czechoslovakia.
- Geographic Name
- Czechoslovakia.
- Personal Name
- Gans, Pessel Piri.
- Corporate Name
- Hlinka Guard (Czechoslovakia)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- A translated copy of a memoir by Ms. Gans in letter form was sent by Harvey Sarner to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992. Subsequently, Ms. Gans signed a donor agreement.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-23 09:28:55
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503502
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