Jan Istvan memoir

Identifier
irn501912
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0305
Dates
1 Jan 1997 - 31 Dec 1997
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Czech
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

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.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this memoir from Carleton Bulkin, Human Rights Officer at the American Embassy Prague, on February 23, 1998. Markus Pape sent the memoir to Carleton Bulkin for Jan Istvan.

Scope and Content

The Jan Istvan memoir consists of information about the experiences of Roma Holocaust survivor Jan Istvan in various concentration camps, such as Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Dora, and his personal philosophy about racism.

System of Arrangement

The Jan Istvan memoir is arranged in a single series.

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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.