Death march April 14, 1945-April 24, 1945
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Benno Fischer
Biographical History
Benno Fischer was born in Poland on 13 June 1914. He is a survivor of Flossenbürg and a 10-day death march through Bavaria. Fischer later immigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles, California.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
"Death March.." was written by Benno Fischer in June 1945. A copy was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Aug. 1991 via Linda Kuzmack of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch. A copy was retained in the files of that branch.
Scope and Content
Consists of a copy of "Death March: April 14, 1945-April 24, 1945," written by Benno Fischer in June 1945. The testimony describes Fischer's experiences as a prisoner of Flossenbürg, his forced labor in an airplane factory, and his participation in a death march through Bavaria.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Benno Fischer
People
- Fischer, Benno.
Corporate Bodies
- Flossenbürg (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Bavaria (Germany)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Railroads.
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
- Animal attacks.
- Poland.
- Industries.
- Death marches.
- Forced labor.
- Jews--Poland.
- Starvation.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Kapos.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.