A memoir relating to experiences in Zba̧szyń and emigration to England to the United States

Identifier
irn501016
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0958
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501016

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Isidor J. Kirshrot.

Scope and Content

Four pages of typescript testimony about the experience of a Polish family living in Minden, Germany before World War II, growing antisemitism during 1930s, training in vocational program and apprentice on farm in Oldenburg, and their arrest and deportation during the Polenaktion of 1938 to the camp in Zbąszyń. After efforts of friends from a German farm, he was able to immigrate to England in 1939, but his parents and siblings never made it out of Poland and perished.

Subjects

  • Zbąszyń (Poland)--History--20th century.

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.