"Story of a Jew who Fled Treblinka in August 1943"

Identifier
irn39746
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.340
  • RG-04.084
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired this collection in March 2010.

Scope and Content

Consists of one typed document, 6 pages, in Hebrew, regarding the escape of a man named "D.M." who escaped Treblinka on August 30, 1943. The document describes D.M.'s experiences hiding under a pile of garments and then fleeing the camp with two other boys, as well as his description of life in the extermination camp. The document was published by the secretariat of the Kibbutz Meuchad "Ha-Chalutz" committee and is dated October 4, 1943.

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