Chaim Piotrkowski collection
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Hercko Ciesluk
- Chaim Piotrkowski
Biographical History
Chaim Piotrkowski was born in 1927 in Łódź. He survived the Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Lieberose and relocated to Israel after the war.
Hercko (Hersz) Ciesluk was born in 1916 in Stawiska, Poland, and survived the Białystok ghetto, Bliżyn labor camp, Lieberose, Gross Rosen, and Mauthausen.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Chaim Piotrkowski donated the Chaim Piotrkowski collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.
Scope and Content
The Chaim Piotrkowski collection consists of a photocopy of Piotrkowski's personal narrative about his experiences in the Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Lieberose, written in English; a photocopy of Hercko Ciesluk's personal narrative about his experiences in the Bialystok ghetto, Bliżyn labor camp, Lieberose, Gross Rosen, and Mauthausen, written in Yiddish in 1947; and Piotrkowski’s English translation of Ciesluk's personal narrative.
System of Arrangement
The Chaim Piortkowski collection is arranged as a single series: I. Chaim Piotrkowski collection, approximately 1994-1995.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Chaim Piotrkowski
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Białystok (Poland)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
- Łódź (Poland)
Genre
- Document