"My short story of time in Mauthausen"

Identifier
irn517296
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.334
Dates
1 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 2005
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517296

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Charles Torluccio donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Aug. 2, 2005 with the permission of Waldemar Bialous. Mr. Torluccio participated in the liberation of Mauthausen as a member of the 11th Armored Division and reunited with Mr. Bialous on the 50th anniversary of liberation in 1995.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 15 pages, entitled "My short story of time in Mauthausen," by Waldemar Bialous, originally of Warsaw, Poland. In the memoir, Mr. Bialous relates his memories of his transfer from Auschwitz to Mauthausen and of his life within the Mauthausen concentration camp, where he worked in the kitchen until his liberation. Also includes correspondence from Mr. Bialous to Mr. Charles Torluccio, an American liberator of Mauthausen. The two men reunited at the 50th anniversary of the liberation in 1995.

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