Guta Strykowski collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.430

Overview

Description: Contains a copy of one report, 15 pages, written by Dr. Peter Ostwald, a psychiatrist at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco on January 18, 1966, to Mr. Klaus Hoefel, a consular officer at the Federal Republic of Germany consulate in San Francisco, regarding the mental health of Mrs. Guta Strykowski (later Cohen, born Weintraub), originally of Vlostrova, Poland. Dr. Ostwald describes Mrs. Strykowski's wartime experiences and relates that she is currently experiencing nightmares, depression, and pain as a result of her experiences in the Łódź ghetto and in the Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps.
Date: 1966

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
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Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Ester Kaplan donated her mother's evaluation to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Nov. 28, 2006.