From Bialystok to Brooklyn

Identifier
irn504368
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0348
  • RG-02.202
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504368

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

  • Sara Lew

Biographical History

Sara Lew (née Majzler) was born in Sokoly, Poland on October 5, 1922. In 1950 she immigrated to the United States.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In 1994 Sara Lew donated her memoir to the United States Holocaust Research Institute Archives.

Scope and Content

Describes Sara Lew's childhood in Poland; her internment in the ghetto in Bialystok, Poland, and many concentration camps including Majdanek, Blizyn, Auschwitz, and Krakow (Kratzau); the death of family members; and her post-Holocaust experiences as a displaced person in Europe and after her immigration to the United States in 1950. It also includes poems and vignettes in English and Hebrew about Auschwitz, her parents and their values, liberation, and people Sara knew.

People

  • Majzler, Alte.
  • Majzler, Joshua.
  • Lew, Sara.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Białystok.
  • Jews--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camps--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Poetry.

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.