Wacław Głouszek papers
The Wacław Głouszek papers consist of sheet music from Dora-Mittelbau, lyrics to patriotic and religious Polish songs, two diaries describing Głouszek’s camp, transport, and liberation experiences and including partial lists of fellow prisoners, a 1968 letter describing Głouszek’s efforts to save weak and emaciated Jewish prisoners from selection for the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Głouszek’s identification photograph from Auschwitz, four copy prints of Bergen-Belsen after liberation, and one copy print of General Eisenhower visiting Ohrdruf after liberation papers consist of scrip and sheet music from Dora-Mittelbau, lyrics to patriotic and religious Polish songs, two diaries describing Głouszek’s camp experiences and including partial lists of fellow prisoners, a 1968 letter describing Głouszek’s efforts to save weak and emaciated prisoners from selection for the gas chambers, Głouszek’s identification photograph from Auschwitz, four copy prints of Bergen-Belsen after liberation, and one copy print of General Eisenhower visiting Ohrdruf after liberation.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1942-1968
- Language
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Polish
- Genre/Form
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Photographs.
Diaries.
- Extent
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8 folders
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Iwona Bonacia
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Record last modified: 2021-11-10 13:01:07
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