Joseph Levy collection

Identifier
irn500276
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0353
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500276

Extent and Medium

folders

4

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Joseph Levy.

Scope and Content

Containts testimony and correspondence describing Jeseph Levy's experiences in Cologne, Germany; his deportation to Riga and then a succession of camps; his liberation in Kiel; and settlement in Sweden as a displaced person, where he met his wife, a Polish-born DP. Include materials related to his story, such as copy of verdict in post-trial against Nazis who administered Riga ghetto, and a typescript copy of a memoir titled "Mensch unter Menschen," by Werner Sauer, written in Berlin in 1948, which also describes life in Riga ghetto, 278 pages.

Subjects

  • Sweden.
  • Riga (Latvia).

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.