"My Uncle"

Identifier
irn44441
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.366.1
Dates
1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2011
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 Rudi Lichtner

Yisrael Rudi Lichtner donated this manuscript to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Dec. 2011.

Scope and Content

Consists of one manuscript, 11 pages, entitled "My Uncle" by Yisrael Rudi Lichtner, written in 2011. In the manuscript,Yisrael describes his childhood in Rome, Italy, and the experience of meeting his uncle David, who spent the war as a Hungarian Jewish prisoner in a Siberian prisoner of war camp. He describes David's experiences searching for any family members who survived the war, finding Yisrael's family, getting married and then being separated from them when the Iron Curtain fell over Hungary. David and his wife were able to reunite with them in 1958 and then immigrated to Israel. Yisrael describes visiting them in Israel and learning more about his uncle's experiences.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Yisrael R. Lichtner

Genre

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