Alois Moser papers

Identifier

irn502745

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1991.A.0007
RG-02.032

Dates

1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502745

Extent and Medium

folder

Creator(s)

Alois Moser

Biographical History

Alois Moser is a Jehovah's Witness and a survivor of 6 years in Nazi concentration camps.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The testimony and timeline were written by Alois Moser from recollections of his own experiences during the Holocaust. The date of completion was presumably in the 1980s.

Scope and Content

Contains information about Alois Moser's experiences as a Jehovah's Witness during the Holocaust. Moser describes his persecution as a Jehovah's Witness, his imprisonment in several camps including Mauthausen, and the various types of camp inmate markings (triangles and badges) that he encountered in the camps. Also included is a timeline that traces Moser's travels as a prisoner from April 1939 through May 1945.

People

Moser, Alois, 1900-1995.
Moser, Maria.

Corporate Bodies

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel
Mauthausen (Concentration camp)

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
Concentration camp inmates.
Jehovah's Witnesses--Nazi persecution.
Blockälteste.
Kapos.
Death marches.
World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
Holocaust survivors.
Romanies.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Genre

Autobiographies.
Document

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