Simon Herskovitz memoir

Identifier

irn500802

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1995.A.0551

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500802

Extent and Medium

folder

Creator(s)

Simon Herskovitz

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Mr. Simon Herskovitz

Scope and Content

Testimony, typescript, 3 pages, circa 1990s. Describes childhood in Slovakia, Hungarian occupation of region in 1940, deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, deportation to Kaufering and then march to Allach and liberation. Postwar immigration to Palestine/Israel.

Genre

Document
Personal Narratives.

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