In the safety of the Third Reich

Identifier
irn504333
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0289
  • RG-02.181
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504333

Extent and Medium

folders

4

Creator(s)

  • Charlotte Kahane

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In July 1993, Charlotte Kahane donated her memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Describes Charlotte Kahane and her mother's escape from an "aktion" and their hiding from German athorities; their activities in the ghetto in Lut︠s︡ʹk, Ukraine; their separation; Charlotte's experiences in Dubno, Ukraine; her mother's death; her escape from and recapture by German authorities; being an Ostarbeiter in Germany; and the end of World War II and her immigration to Australia.

People

  • Kahane, Charlotte, 1926-

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Jews, Polish--Germany.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography.
  • Hiding places--Poland.
  • Dubno (Ukraine)
  • Jewish ghettos--Ukraine--Lut︠s︡ʹk.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Document
  • Memoirs.
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