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Victor Adler

Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0178 | RG Number: RG-02.119

"Some notes about my life" describes the experiences of Victor Adler and members of his family after the German occupation of the Sudetenland; in particular, it relates how Adler escaped Czechoslovakia; fled to Hungary and then to Palestine; enlisted in the Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade under British command; fought in the European theater during World War II; and emigrated to and rebuilt his life in the United States; Adler's parents were sent to Terezin and subsequently transported to and killed at Auschwitz; and how Adler's brother and cousins escaped Czechoslovakia and served in the Allied forces.

SubTitle
Some notes about my life, with Adler-Stöessler family genealogy and history
Date
1992
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
2 folders
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Victor Adler

About This Document

Document Creator
Victor Adler
Biography
Victor Adler (Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic, 03 June 1919 - ) fled Nazi-occupied Europe before the outbreak of World War II. After he immigrated to the United States he settled in California. Both of his parents were deported to Theresienstadt and then Auschwitz where they perished.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
In May 1992, Sally Gagne transcribed and edited a 1989 oral history Adler had done of himself. In Nov. 1994, Adler gave the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum a copy of a memoir based upon the interview.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
Restrictions on use. Published materials protected under copyright.
 
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