Miriam Mordecai memoir

Identifier
irn507316
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.A.0072
  • RG-02.051
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507316

Extent and Medium

folder

1

25 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Miriam Mordecai

Archival History

Miriam Mordecai

Acquisition

The undated memoir was written by Miriam Mordecai. It was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in May 1992 via Mr. Harvey Sarner. The exact date of completion is unknown.

Scope and Content

Consists of a photocopy of a typescript memoir, which describes how Miriam Mordecai and her family, Greek Jews, survived the Holocaust. She gives credit to gentiles in Greece who helped save members of her family. Also included is information about World War II in Italy and Albania and the deportation of several of Mordecai's relatives to Auschwitz.

People

  • Mordecai, Miriam.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Guerrillas--Greece.
  • Christians.
  • Orthodox Christians.
  • Greece--History--Occupation, 1941-1944.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
  • Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
  • Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
  • Greece.
  • Albania.
  • Jews--Greece.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Children.
  • Italy.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
  • Hiding places.

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.