Salomon Schmidt diary

Identifier
irn501131
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1090
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501131

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Helen Rappaport, the daughter of Salomon Schmidt, donated this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995. Portions of the diary have been published in "Der Gaystiker Vidershtand fun Yidn in Getos un Lagern" by Menashe Unger. The original diary is housed at Yad Vashem.

Scope and Content

Consists of copies of an original diary written by Salomon Schmidt, who survived the war in hiding in Markuszowa, Poland. Mr. Schmidt was a member of the Judenrat in Frysztak, Poland. Includes English language translations of portions of the original diary, which is deposited at Yad Vashem.

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.