My struggle for survival 1940/45
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Oscar Lichtenstern began writing in his journal sometime in 1944 after his arrival at Theresienstadt (Terezin). O n Dec. 24, 1944, he discovered that he had lost it. After a delay of unknown duration, Lichtenstern rewrote his journal and included some material about his liberation and his experiences immediately after. In Feb. 1992, his grandaughter, Ruth Lichtenstern Fishman, translated it from German to English; she donated a copy of his German manuscript and her translation to the USHRIA in Jun. 1994.
Scope and Content
Oscar Lichtenstern's journal explains his experiences after the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Although it describes his stay in the transit camp of Westerbork, most of the entries relate to his internment in Terezin (a.k.a. Theresienstadt) and the hardships he experienced there.
People
- Lichtenstern, Oscar.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Jews--Netherlands.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Men authors.
Genre
- Document