Overview
- Description
- Consists of one memoir, 76 pages, entitled "A Chronicle, 1923-1947," written by Samuel Gottesman, originally of Irshava, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine). He describes pre-war religious life in a small town, and his town being rounded up and deported to the ghetto in Berehove in the spring of 1944. He describes life in the ghetto and their deportation to Auschwitz, where he was forced to work on various construction projects. In January 1945, when Auschwitz was evacuated, he was sent on a forced march and placed in a open rail car, finally arriving at Bergen-Belsen. In the spring of 1945, he was sent on a work detail, repairing rail lines damaged in bombing raids and was eventually liberated by the American Army. He wrote this memoir in 1982 and typed it in May 1994.
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1994
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Samuel Gottesman
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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2 folders
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Samuel Gottesman
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Irshava (Ukraine) Berehove (Ukraine)
- Personal Name
- Gottesman, Samuel.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Samuel Gottesman donated his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-15 14:55:18
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