Reminiscences of Albert Lapidus, from Baltimore, a former prisoner of the Minsk ghetto

Identifier
irn504323
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0320
  • RG-02.174
Dates
1 Jan 1994 - 31 Dec 1994
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504323

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In Oct. 1994, author donated memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Consists of a Russian language memoir and an English language summary which describe author's childhood in Belarus, experiences of author and his family in the Minsk ghetto, Aktionen, experiences of children in the ghetto, and resistance activities undertaken by ghetto inhabitants. Memoir includes a list of individuals involved in resistance activities in Minsk.

People

  • Lapidus, Albert.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belarus--Minsk.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Belarus--Minsk.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus--Minsk.
  • Guerrillas--Belarus--Minsk.
  • Jewish ghettos--Belarus--Minsk.
  • Children--Belarus--Minsk.
  • Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Jewish ghettos--Belarus--Minsk.
  • Belarus.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Men authors.

Genre

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