"In Memory of a Great Man"

Identifier
irn515459
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.636
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • English
  • Spanish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515459

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Jacqueline Gribens donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Aug. 26, 2004. Photocopies of supplemental documents are housed in the donor file.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, translated from the original French into Spanish and English, entitled "In Memory of a Great Man," written by Dr. Boleslaw Ratniewski. Dr Ratniewski, originally of Poland, received a medical degree in France in 1930. He was mobilized into the Polish Army after the German invasion in 1939. In 1941, he was captured by the German Army, escaped from a POW camp, and joined the resistance. Dr. Rainiewski joined the Russian army in 1943, and was transferred to the Polish army in 1944. After the war, he resumed work in a hospital in Poland until his immigration to Mexico in 1947.

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.