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
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inclusive:
1943-1945
Physical Details
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Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Abraham Preiss donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-03-20 07:38:47
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