The survivor as researcher

Identifier
irn504257
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0255
  • RG-02.159
Dates
1 Jan 1988 - 31 Dec 1988
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504257

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In Apr. 1994, Hana Greenfield gave the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum a copy of her essay.

Scope and Content

Describes how Greenfield learned the fates of her mother and of 1,196 Jewish children and their adult guardians from Białystok, Poland, who were transported from Theresienstadt and gassed in Auschwitz on 7 October 1943. Includes a name list of those on the transport, excerpts of testimonies, photographs, and letters.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Białystok (Poland)
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Białystok.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography.

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.