Overview
- Description
- The memoir describes Regina Hoffman's (b. 1927) deportation from Czechoslovakia to Poland, the deaths of family members, her psychological trauma, internment in the ghetto in Khust, Ukraine, life in Auschwitz and her transfer to camps in Nuremberg, Germany, and Holešov (Holeshovitz), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), liberation, and immigration to the United States in 1948.
- Subtitle
- the memoirs of Regina Godinger Hoffman, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, (1927- )
- Date
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creation:
1989
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 folder
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
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany--Nuremberg. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Czech Republic--Holešov. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Czechoslovakia. Jewish ghettos--Ukraine--Khust. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. Jews, Czech--Poland. Jews--Czechoslovakia. Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States. Jewish ghettos--Ukraine--Khust.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Regina Godinger Hoffman donated a copy of her memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in1993.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:01:28
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