Overview
- Description
- Consists of one memoir, 13 pages, entitled "Krulik's Story," by Israel (Krulik) Wilder. Wilder describes his childhood in Piotrkow, Poland, the German invasion in 1939, his family's escape to Radom, and life in the Radom ghetto. Israel Wilder got a job working forced labor at the Hortensia glass factory, where he worked until November 1944. He was deported to a series of camps, ending at Buchenwald concentration camp in December 1944, where he remained until the final weeks of the war, when he was sent to Theresienstadt, from which he was liberated. He was sent to England to recover, married and raised his family there.
- Date
-
creation:
1995
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zygmunt Shipper
- Collection Creator
- Israel Wilder
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
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).
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Radom (Radom) Concentration camps--Germany-Buchenwald. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland)
- Personal Name
- Wilder, Israel.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Zygmunt Shipper donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:41:37
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