Francis Akos papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
Francis Akos donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.
Scope and Content
Consist of materials relating to the Holocaust experience of Ferenc Akos Weinberg (later Francis Akos) as well as his experiences as a displaced person after World War II. The papers include a diary recounting his experiences at the Neuengamme concentration camp and the sinking of the Cap Arcona ship, which was a vessel used to evacuate refugees from West Prussia. Includes four photographs depicting a ceremony to memorialize the passengers who died when the Cap Arcona sank after a mistaken British attack. Also includes post-war passes and permissions identifying Akos as a former prisoner.
People
- Akos, Francis, 1922-
Corporate Bodies
- Cap Arcona (Ship)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Germany--Lübeck--Personal narratives.
- Bombing, Aerial--Germany--Lübeck Bay.
- Refugee camps--Germany--Lübeck.
- Memorial rites & ceremonies--Germany--Neustadt am Rübenberge--1940-1950.
Genre
- Diaries.
- Document
- Photographs.
- Identification cards.
- Certificates.