"Survivor"

Identifier
irn44320
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.61.1
Dates
1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2010
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Brian C. Greenberg

Brian Greenberg donated his father's story to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Nov. 2011.

Scope and Content

Consists of one testimony, two pages, in English, written by Brian Greenberg regarding his father, Samuel Greenberg, orginally of Schumsck, Poland. In spring of 1942, Samuel escaped the mass shootings of Jews of his town while he was gathering food. He was in various hiding situations, including hiding in hay stacks, before joining the Russian army in 1944 as a mine sweeper. In1945, he marched from Warsaw to Berlin with the Red Army and was wounded in battle. He survived the war and immigrated to the U.S. and married Brian's mother, Ethel, in 1950.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Brian C. Greenberg

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