Lili Abraham collection

Identifier
irn501046
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1096
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Lilli Abraham was born Lilli Kovacs in Remetské Hámre, Czechoslovakia (Remetské Hámre, Slovakia). She and her parents and three sisters were deported to the Uzhhorod ghetto on 19 April 1944. The were deported to Auschwitz six weeks later. Both her parents and one sister perished in the camp. In October 1944 she was tranaferred to a gun factory as a forced-laborer. She was sent on a deathmarch when she was liberated by the United States Army.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lili Abraham

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ms. Lili Abraham

Scope and Content

Consists of one letter written by Lili Kovacs Abraham to the Claims Conference in February 1993. In the letter, Mrs. Abraham describes the invasion and occupation of Czechoslovakia and her deportation from Remetske Hamre, Czechoslovakia, to the Uzhorod ghetto in 1944. She was deported to Auschwitz in the spring of 1944 and describes life in the camp until she was sent for forced labor in Altenburg, Germany. She was liberated by the American military while on a death march near Waltenburg, Germany, in April 1945.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

Subjects

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.