Grete Salus: Poems
Extent and Medium
1 folder
Biographical History
Grete Salus, originally from Prague returned there for a few years after the war. In 1949, having given birth to her daughter, Nomi, she emigrated to Israel where she ended up working as a choreographer and gymnastics teacher at a home for orphans from the Holocaust.
Archival History
The provenance and custodial history of this particular set is unknown. Many of the poems feature in Grete Salus' autobiographical account of life in the camps Niemand, nichts- ein Jude.
Scope and Content
This collection of typescript poems was written by Grete Salus during the period of her incarceration in the camps of Terezin, Auschwitz and Oederan.
Conditions Governing Access
Open
People
- Salus, Grete
Subjects
- Poetry
- Holocaust poetry
- Terezin (ghetto)
- Oederan (sub camp of Flossenbürg)
- Auschwitz (entire camp complex)