Concentration camp from Oct. 1941 to May 1945

Identifier
irn504246
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0167
  • RG-02.148
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Elizabeth Reif lived in Vienna, Austria, with her mother before being deported to the Łódź ghetto in 1941. Her mother was deported to Theresienstadt and Elizabeth was deported to Auschwitz. After libertion Reif returned to Vienna and was reunited with her mother. She later immigrated to the United States. In New York City, she learned English at the Committee for Refugee Education.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Elizabeth Reif submitted her memoir to Catherine Burnight, a teacher adviser, at the Committee for Refugee Education in New York City. In Feb. 1993, Ms. Burnight sent Reif's essay to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a personal narrative written by Elizabeth Reif describing her deportation from Vienna, Austria, to Łódź, Poland; her occupation as a pharmacist in the Łódź ghetto; conditons inside the ghetto; the deportation of her mother to Terezín, Czechoslovakia (a.k.a. Theresienstadt); her deportation to the camps of Auschwitz and Mittelsteine; her liberation and her return to Vienna.

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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.