"The Last Act": Hersh Croin memoir

Identifier

irn517299

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2005.341

Dates

1 Jan 1954 - 31 Dec 1954

Level of Description

Item

Languages

Hebrew

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517299

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Harry Kron (Hersh Croin) donated his story to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July 28, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of a copy of a memoir, 3 pages, entitled "The Last Act," written by Hersh Croin (Harry Kron) in June 1954, in "The Seminarian" newsletter, which was published by the students of the Jewish Teachers Seminary at Folks University in New York. In the memoir, Mr. Kron, originally of Janow-Lubelski, Poland, describes his memories of the deportation from Zaklikow and from the ghettos. Mr. Kron escaped from a concentration camp in Budzin and hid until liberation.

Genre

Personal Narratives.
Document

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