Eva Josefsson b. Bas̀z life review

Identifier
irn502303
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0004
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1996
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502303

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Eva B. Josefsson

Biographical History

Eva Josefsson Baśz, a Jehovah's Witness, survived internment in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Eva Josefsson Bász donated he collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.

Scope and Content

Contains Eva Bas̀z Josefsson's memoir describing her conversion from Judaism and baptism as a Jehovah's Witness in 1941; her arrest while distributing religious material and deportation from Ujpest (Hungary) to Auschwitz concentration camp; her transfer to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944; the punishment she suffered when she refused to do bomb clearance work because she felt it would violate her religious principle of neutrality; and her emigration to Sweden after the war. A black and white photograph of her taken in 1945 is included.

People

  • Josefsson, Eva Bász, 1923-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Deportation--Hungary--Ujpest.
  • Sweden--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Germany--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jehovah's Witnesses--Nazi persecution.

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.