"The Search for the Truth"
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Thomas Brady
Thomas Brady donated his manuscript to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Sept. 12, 2010.
Scope and Content
Consists of one manuscript, 23 pages, entitled "The Search for the Truth," by Thomas Edward Brady. In the manuscript, Mr. Brady describes the history of his family, and documents the lives and deaths of his grandparents, Bernhard and Hedwig Kohn, originally of Vienna, Austria, and his aunt, Herta Kohn, who was seventeen years old when she perished in the Holocaust. The manuscript includes copies of archival documents showing his family's experiences, from their deportation to the Łódź ghetto in November 1941 to their deportation and murder in the Chelmno extermination camp. Also includes a list of family members, including photographs, who were murdered in the Holocaust.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Thomas E. Brady
People
- Brady, Thomas.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.