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Peter Gersh testimony

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1993.A.0042 | RG Number: RG-02.076.01

Overview

Description: Contains information about Peter Gersh's (Pinchas Gerszonowicz) boyhood in Poland; his impression of antisemitism among the Poles; German invasion of Poland; German occupation of Poland; work for the Luftwaffe at an airbase; life in a concentration camp; escape from a death march; search for relatives after World War II; and emigration to the United States.
Date: 1985
Collection Creator: Peter Gersh
Biography: Peter Gersh (formerly Pinchas Gerszonowicz), a Polish Jew and survivor, was born in Miechów, Poland, on Jan. 21, 1921.

Physical Details

Extent: 1 folder

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Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Animal attacks. Antisemitism. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions. Death marches. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations. Emigration and immigration. World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor. Gold. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors--Biography. Jews--Poland--History--20th century. Police. Refugee camps. Refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists.
Geographic Name: Kraków (Poland) Miechów Lubelski (Poland) Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Veldervinck (Germany : Refugee camp)
Personal Name: Goett, Amori. Chillowicz, W. Gersh, Peter.
Corporate Name: Belzec (Concentration camp) Germany. Luftwaffe Germany. Gestapo Jerozolimska (Concentration camp) Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Peter Gersh
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Peter Gersh wrote his memoir ca. 1985. He sent the memoir (all pages appear to be original typescript) apparently to Susan Bachrach, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum I.D. Project, in 1992, and that department forwarded the memoir on to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Sept. 1992.

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