David Klipp papers

Identifier
irn515060
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.22
  • RG-10.394
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

David Klipp was born on July 9, 1905, in Skudy (Skuodas), Lithuania. On January 17, 1940, David was forced out of his apartment and was brought to the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. In spring 1944, the Germans decided to destroy the Ghetto. On August 28, 1944, he was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. He was on the same transport as Chaim Rumkowski and Leon Rosenblat. He was then selected for forced labor and sent to Continental-Gummi-Werke, AG factory, a subcamp of Neuengamme. He worked on the upper floors where rubber was cooked. On November 30, 1944, David was sent to Ahlem, also a subcamp of Neuengamme, to work in an old asphalt mine. Ahlem was being evacuated on April 6, 1945, when the prisoners were liberated by British and American soldiers. David relocated to Hannover, Germany on December. 11, 1945. While there, he met his future wife Estelle. She had been deported from Łódź and survived Auschwitz, Sasel, and Bergen Belsen concentration camps. David emigrated to the United States in 1950.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

David Klipp donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs of commemoration ceremonies in Hannover, Germany, in September 1946; a poem in German; a letter, from the War Crimes Group to David Klipp, that lists the verdicts of the Hannover-Ahlem trial; and David Klipp's testimonies about two camps, Conti and Ahlem.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

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Subjects

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