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Helen Preiss collection

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1996.A.0578 | RG Number: RG-10.174

Overview

Description: Contains a photocopy of "Translation from Polish of a small diary written by Helen Preiss" which consists of two entries, dated May 8, 1943, and May 19, 1943, in which she describes her deportation from Sosnowiec, Poland; life in "Landschut Camp" (Landeshut concentration camp); and her transfers to Auschwitz and "Peterslager" (Peterswaldau) concentration camps. The collection also contains a "Note written by Helen Preiss in 'Ludwiksdorf' 1945" to her dead mother describing her despair when, after liberation, she discovered that her mother did not survive.
Date: inclusive: 1943-1945

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Diaries.
Extent: .
8 digital images : JPEG ; 11.2 MB.
Extent: 1 folder

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)--Poland--Personal narratives. Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography. Jews--Persecutions--Poland. Jews--Relocation--Poland--Sosnowiec.
Geographic Name: Sosnowiec (Katowice, Poland)
Personal Name: Preiss, Helen.
Corporate Name: Landeshut (Concentration camp) Ludwigsdorf (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Peterswaldau (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Abraham Preiss donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.

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