Mayer Mermelstein memoir

Identifier
irn500034
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.64
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500034

Extent and Medium

folders

4

Creator(s)

  • Mayer Mermelstein

Biographical History

Mayer Mermelstein was present at a displaced persons camp in Bari, Italy between 1945 and 1947. He eventually immigrated to the United States and settled in Long Island City, New York.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the English translation on Apr. 29, 1999. Mr. Mermelstein later sent a Yiddish copy in June 1999 and the original Yiddish version May 20, 2000.

Scope and Content

The Mayer Mermelstein memoir includes a personal narrative of the Jewish transit camps in Bari, Italy titled "Jewish refugees in the UNRRA camps in Italy," and four copies of photographs depicting life in a transit camp in Bari, Italy. The Mayer Mermelstein memoir contains three copies of a personal narrative titled "Jewish refugees in the UNRRA camps in Italy," and four copies of photographs depicting a transit camp in Bari, Italy. The original memoir is in hand-written Yiddish. A photocopy of the original and an English translation are also included in this collection. The narrative describes the formation of the refugee camps, how Jewish refugees arrived at the camps, the registration process, and what daily life was like. The photographs show daily life in the camps and include images of a woodworking shop, food lines, and refugees.

System of Arrangement

The Mayer Mermelstein memoir is arranged as a single series.

People

  • Mermelstein, Mayer.

Corporate Bodies

  • United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors--Italy.
  • Refugee camps--Italy--Bari.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Italy--Personal narratives.
  • Bari (Italy).
  • Jewish refugees--Italy--Bari.

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.

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