Overview
- Description
- Consists of one page of typed testimony written by Gerhard Moos (now Gerard Moss) about his arrest in Munich on Kristallnacht and being imprisoned in Dachau at age 16. Also includes copies of official documents, an original wedding announcement, and testimony related to the experiences of Max Rosenbaum, originally of Munich, who was also arrested in Kristallnacht and imprisoned in the same barracks in Dachau as Mr. Moss. Also includes a biographical statement and letter related to the experiences of Dr. Maurice Schweizer of Euskirchen, Germany. Dr. Schweizer was imprisoned in Westerbork, then Bergen-Belsen, and liberated on a train by Troebitz.
- Date
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inclusive:
1929-2013
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gerard Moss
Physical Details
- 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
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Kristallnacht, 1938--Germany--Munich.
- Geographic Name
- Munich (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Moss, Gerard. Rosenbaum, Max. Schweitzer, Maurice.
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Gerard Moss donated this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:41:46
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn73133
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