"Around the World in Ten Years"

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.245

Overview

Description: Consists of a memoir, 68 pages, entitled "Around the World in Ten Years," written by Dr. Frank J. Parnes. Dr. Parnes describes his experiences escaping Vienna and working as a physician in internment camps in Belgium and France. Upon his return to Belgium, he made and sold cigarettes but was arrested and deported to the Malines concentration camp, where he worked as a physician until his liberation in 1944. He emigrated to the United States and lived in New York City until his death in 1996.

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Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Stephen A. Parnes donated his uncle's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on July 14, 2003.