Jan Istvan memoir
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Jan Ištvan
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.
People
- Ištvanová, Karla, 1905-1944.
- Ištvan, František, 1931-1944.
- Ištvan, Jan, 1924-
Corporate Bodies
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- Dora (Concentration camp)
- Ellrich (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Harzungen (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Romani Genocide, 1939-1945.
- Bořitov (Czechoslovakia)
- Moravia (Czechoslovakia)
- Death march survivors.
- Deportation.
- Brno (Czech Republic)
- Romanies.
- Death marches.
- Racism against Romanies.
Genre
- Document
- Personal Narratives.
- Autobiographies.
- Memoirs.