Kristallnacht

Identifier

irn501005

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1995.A.0930

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501005

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Mr. Peter Forstenzer

Scope and Content

Testimony, 6 pages, typescript, titled "Kristallnacht," recounting author's experience of this event, from arrest at his home in Braunschweig, imprisonment in local jail then state penitentiary, deportation to Buchenwald, then return after a couple of weeks to Braunschweig.

Genre

Personal narratives.
Document

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