Henry Kinast memoir

Identifier
irn501309
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0142
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501309

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Henry Kinast

Scope and Content

Consists of one typed document, one page, regarding the Holocaust experiences of Henry Kinast. When Henry was 12, he went to work in a munitions factory in Skarzysko, Poland. In 1944, he was transferred to Czestochowa, and in January 1945, he was transferred to Buchenwald, where he was liberated. Henry was reunited with his father and brother, and they lived in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp for three years. The document is very brief.

Subjects

  • United States.

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.