Ivan Backer testimonies

Identifier
irn44439
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.371.1
  • 2019.243
Dates
1 Jan 2002 - 31 Dec 2009
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn44439

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ivan Backer

Ivan Backer donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Dec. 2011.

Scope and Content

Consists of a series of short written testimonies written by Ivan Backer between 2002-2009 about his childhood in pre-war Czechoslovakia, the German invasion, leaving for England on a children's transport, and adjusting to life in England.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Ivan Backer

People

  • Backer, Ivan.

Subjects

  • Dobruska (Czechoslovakia)
  • Czechoslovakia.
  • Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
  • Kindertransport (Rescue operations)--Great Britain.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.