Pessel Piri Gans memoir

Identifier
irn503502
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.A.0097
  • RG-20.012.01
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503502

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Pessel Gans

Biographical History

Pessel (Piri) Gans, a Slovakian Jew, survived the Holocaust with the help of gentile friends from 1944 to 1945. She now lives in Israel.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

A translated copy of a memoir by Ms. Gans in letter form was sent by Harvey Sarner to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992. Subsequently, Ms. Gans signed a donor agreement.

Scope and Content

Contains information about Pessel (Piri) Gantz, a Slovakian Jew, and her family's struggle to survive the Holocaust assisted by gentile friends.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

  • Gans, Pessel Piri.

Corporate Bodies

  • Hlinka Guard (Czechoslovakia)

Subjects

  • Jews--Czechoslovakia.
  • Hiding places.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Czechoslovakia.
  • Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
  • Antisemitism.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
  • Jewish children.

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.

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