"When there is life, there is hope" : Marcel Chagnac memoir

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.469

Overview

Description: Consists of one memoir, 24 pages, in French, entitled "When there is life, there is hope," by Marcel Chagnac, originally of Nancy, France. Mr. Chagnac was arrested in an attempt to escape to Switzerland in 1942 and was sent to Drancy. He was deported to Auschwitz in February 1943 and was quickly sent to the Goleszów (Poland) labor camp. He was forced to participate in a death march to Oranienburg and Ravensbrück, where he was liberated on May 1, 1945. Includes an English translation as well as a CD-ROM containing illustrations and photographs.
Date: 2003

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Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Noam Eisen donated his uncle's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct. 25, 2005.