Joe Gelber collection
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- Joe Gelber
Biographical History
Joe Gelber (née Kozuch, Chenstochov, Poland - 01 Jul 1985, Florida) immigrated to the United States in March 1947.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Dorothy Sandberg, daughter of Joe Gelber donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.
Scope and Content
Describes the German occupation of Poland; the creation of and conditions in the Czestochowa ghetto; his separation from his wife and other family members; the HASAG forced labor camp at Czestochowa; deportations to and conditions in Buchenwald and Nordhausen (a.k.a. Dora-Mittelbau); Gelber's liberation by Seymour Zipper; his reunion with his wife and other surviving family members and their experiences at the Feldafing displaced persons camp; and Gelber's emigration to the United States. Also includes an original letter and copy of a photograph, both by Seymour Zipper, relating to Joe Gelber's condition when found at Nordhausen.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Joe Gelber
Corporate Bodies
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Hasag-Leipzig (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Czestochowa (Poland)
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Czestochowa.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Men authors.
- Jews--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document