A memoir and letter relating to Holocaust experiences

Identifier

irn501072

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1995.A.1041

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501072

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by William Ellenberg

Scope and Content

Testimony, 19 pages, typescript; and letter, 2 pages, typescript, from Ellenberg, of Nashville, TN, describing his experiences as child in Mannheim, witnessing Kristallnacht, arrest and imprisonment at Dachau, being a forced laborer in Paderborn for 4 years, then deportation to Auschwitz.

Genre

Personal Narratives.
Document

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