Overview
- Description
- Written in 1980, the text describes how Maria Epstein lived in Lʹviv, Poland (now Ukraine), during the Soviet occupation; was an inhabitant with her husband in the ghetto in Minsk, Belarus; gave birth to and cared for an infant daughter; was liberated from the Germans; escaped from the Soviet Union and fled to Poland; and emigrated with her family to Canada in 1968.
- Date
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1980
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish ghettos--Belarus--Minsk.
- Geographic Name
- Lʹviv (Ukraine) Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Canada--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Personal Name
- Epstein, Maria.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the memoir, translated by Kristina Wise, in July 1994.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:01:09
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