"When there is life, there is hope" : Marcel Chagnac memoir
Extent and Medium
folder
1
1 CD-ROM,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Noam Eisen donated his uncle's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct. 25, 2005.
Scope and Content
Consists of one memoir, 24 pages, in French, entitled "When there is life, there is hope," by Marcel Chagnac, originally of Nancy, France. Mr. Chagnac was arrested in an attempt to escape to Switzerland in 1942 and was sent to Drancy. He was deported to Auschwitz in February 1943 and was quickly sent to the Goleszów (Poland) labor camp. He was forced to participate in a death march to Oranienburg and Ravensbrück, where he was liberated on May 1, 1945. Includes an English translation as well as a CD-ROM containing illustrations and photographs.
Genre
- Document
- Personal Narratives.