"Family Saga" memoir
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Mimi Ripp donated her husband's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Dec. 4, 2003. Joseph Ripp passed away in July 2001.
Scope and Content
Memoir, 150 pages, "Family Saga" detailing the life of Joseph Ripp, from his birth in Bochum, Germany, childhood in Nazi Germany, escape to the United States, experiences in the United States Army, and adult life through 2000.
Genre
- Personal Narratives.
- Document