Kristina Singer essay

Identifier
irn506476
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0002
  • RG-02.215
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506476

Extent and Medium

box

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Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Kristina Singer donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.

Scope and Content

Contains an essay by Kristina Singer describing her meeting with Holocaust survivors Kuba and Helen Beck in 1991. Kuba and Helen Beck were deported from Kraków, Poland, in 1943 and interned in Płaszów concentration camp where they encountered Amon Goeth and worked in Oskar Schindler's enamelware factory. Helen Beck was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp but was released three weeks later due to the efforts of Oskar Schindler. Kuba and Helen Beck now live in the United States.

People

  • Beck, Helen.
  • Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974.
  • Goeth, Amon Leopold, 1908-1946.
  • Beck, Kuba.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Poland--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Poland.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

  • Document
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