Overview
- Description
- Describes Samuel Stammer’s (Dornfeld, Austria, 05 Jul 1905 - ) childhood in Austria and life in the Free City of Gdansk (Danzig); his experiences as a Polish soldier during the German invasion and as a prisoner-of-war; his transport to and experiences in Nazi concentration camps and ghettos (including: Majdanek, the Lowicz ghetto, the Warsaw ghetto, the Miedzyrzec ghetto; Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen, Schlier Redl-Zipf, and Ebensee); the death of family members at Treblinka; his work counterfeiting American and British money for the Nazis; his liberation and being a displaced person in Gmunden, Austria; and his immigration to the United States in 1950.
- Subtitle
- as written by him in German
- Date
-
creation:
1983-1984
- Collection Creator
- Samuel Stammer
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- 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).
- Copyright Holder
- Samuel Stammer
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Prisoners of war. Jews--Poland--History--20th century. Jewish ghettos. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. Counterfeits and counterfeiting. World War, 1939-1945--Counterfeit money. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Lowicz. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Miedzyrzec Podlaski. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Geographic Name
- Gmunden (Austria) Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Personal Name
- Stammer, Samuel.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Terri Israeli donated the memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-02 08:46:25
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