Michael Kutz memoir

Document | Accession Number: 2018.376.1

Contains a handwritten memoir, in Yiddish, illustrating Michael Kutz's experiences during the Holocaust in Poland. Born in 1930 in Nieśwież, Poland, Michael survived a mass execution and escaped. After seeking some refuge in the home of his father's friend, he joined the Jewish Partisans participating in anti-Nazi activities and survived WWII. The memoir became the basis for the book "If, By Miracle" (Toronto: The Azrieli Foundation, 2013).

Genre/Form: Personal narratives.
Extent: 2 folders
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Kutz

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Geographic Name: Nieśwież (Poland).
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Michael Kutz.
Additional Accession Number: 2009.21
2018.424
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. Possible restrictions on use; the memoir was published and became the basis for the book "If, By Miracle", published in 2013 in English by the Azrieli Foundation
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Collection includes photographs, documents, negatives and scrip as well as a memoir. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.