Overview
- Description
- Contains United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) child welfare reports, 1946 Jan.-1946 June, relating to psychological evaluations of children and youths at Föhrenwald displaced persons camp. Also includes a 1988 memoir by Henry Holland entitled "Second Chance." The memoir contains information about Holland's childhood in Kusnica (Kushnitsa, Ukraine) and Bergszasz in Hungary; his experience in a Hungarian labor battalion during World War II; his escape from the labor battalion and return to Hungary after the war; his witness to Jewish ghettos while working in Hungary; his time in Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany; and his immigration to the United States in 1947.
- Date
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inclusive:
1946-1988
- Collection Creator
- Henry Holland
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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7 microfiche.
- Extent
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5 folders
- System of Arrangement
- Organized: RG-10.146*01, UNRRA child welfare reports, 1946 Jan.-1946 June; RG-10.146*02, "Second chance" by Henry Holland
Arrangement of UNRRA child welfare reports is chronological
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors. Jews, Czech--Ukraine--Kushnitsa. Forced labor--Hungary. Jewish ghettos--Hungary. Refugees. Refugee camps--Germany.
- Geographic Name
- Föhrenwald (Germany : Refugee camp) Germany--Emigration and immigration. United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Holland, Henry.
- Corporate Name
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Henry Holland donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 1994.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-23 13:46:49
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