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Recollections of a Polish Holocaust survivor

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1993.A.0038 | RG Number: RG-02.075.01

Overview

Description: Contains information about the early life of Mieczyslaw Paul Makowski (a Polish Christian) in Poland; his participation in the Polish resistance against the German occupiers; his incarceration in Pawiak Prison, Majdanek, Buchenwald, and Flossenbürg; his experiences on a death march from Flossenbürg; his liberation; and his subsequent life in the United States.
Date: creation: 1992
Collection Creator: Mieczyslaw P. Makowski

Physical Details

Genre/Form: Personal narratives.
Extent: 1 folder

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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: Concentration camps. Crematoriums. Death marches. Emigration and immigration. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Guerrillas--Poland. Holocaust survivors. Jehovah's Witnesses--Nazi persecution. Kapos. Poles--Crimes against. Prisoners. Refugees. Repatriation. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements. Forced Labor.
Geographic Name: Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Warsaw (Poland)
Personal Name: Makowski, Mieczyslaw, 1933-
Corporate Name: Germany. Gestapo Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration International Refugee Organization National Catholic Welfare Conference Pawiak (Prison) Majdanek (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Mr. Makowski's memoir entitled "A digest of memoirs of a Polish Holocaust survivor," carries the date 05 Feb. 1992 on its first page of text. He submitted the original typescript to John Gmerek of the Kosciuszko Foundation, and in Mar. 1992 Mr. Gmerek sent it to Pamela Kidron of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum I.D. Project, together with accompanying photographs. That same month, Ms. Kidron passed on the memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, retaining a copy for her department's files and apparently also retaining the four photographs. Mr. Makowski subsequently signed a Donor Agreement with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for his memoir.

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