Journey through the valley of perdition traveled by Gary A. Keins

Identifier
irn504334
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0297
  • RG-02.183
Dates
1 Jan 1984 - 31 Dec 1984
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504334

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In Aug. 1994, the United States Holocaust Research Institute received the memoir.

Scope and Content

Describes the Gary Keins’ (b. 1909) life in German Silesia; life in Poland after World War I; the German invasion of Poland; his taking on a false identity; conditions in Warsaw, Poland, during the occupation; his experiences in Zamość, Poland, and Lʹviv, Ukraine; the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; his experiences with the Soviet military; the end of World War II; family members' deaths; and the his immigration to the United States.

People

  • Keins, Gary A., 1909-

Subjects

  • Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943.
  • Jews--Poland.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Anti-Nazi movement--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Antisemitism.
  • False personation.
  • Lʹviv (Ukraine)
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.

Genre

  • Document
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