Remember not to forget: memoirs of a survivor of the Holocaust
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Clara Horowitz
Biographical History
Clara (Chaje) Horowitz was born 29 Nov 1914 in Czortkow, Poland. Along with her husband, she elected to spend the years of the Holocaust in hiding. At the end of World War II, the Horowitz family entered a displaced persons camp, where they lived for five years before immigrating to the United States. Clara settled in Brooklyn, New York.
Archival History
Clara Horowitz
Acquisition
"Remember not to forget: memoirs of a survivor of the Holocaust" apparently was written by Clara Horowitz sometime in the 1970s.
Scope and Content
Contains information about the life of Clara Horowitz in Czortkow, Poland, before, during, and after World War II. In the form of a poem, Horowitz describes life in the ghetto, atrocities against Polish Jews, and her life in hiding. Specific dates are not mentioned in the poem.The poem was likely authored by Clara in the 1970s.
People
- Horowitz, Chaje.
- Horowitz, Clara.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Forced migration--Poland.
- Emigration and immigration--Poland.
- Chortkiv (Ukraine)
- Jews--Poland.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Atrocities.
- Poetry.
- Jews--Relocation--Poland.
Genre
- Document