Diaries by Dr. Aharon Zwergbaum concerning the journey of Jewish emigrants from Bratislava (Slovakia) via Haifa (Palestine) to Mauritius

Identifier
irn517710
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.403
  • RG-17.008M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517710

Extent and Medium

156 digital images, JPEG

1 microfilm reel, 35 mm

1 CD-ROM, 4 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Aharon Zwergbaum

Archival History

Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes (DÖW) via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program Division in September 2005.

Scope and Content

Contain a diary by Dr. Aharon Zwergbaum. He traveled on December 1, 1939 from Prague to Bratislava, embarked on September 3, 1940 on the steamship "Helios," transferred in Tulcea, Romania onto the ship "Atlantic" and traveled to Haifa, Palestine where the British authorities arrested the Jewish refugees and deported them to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The diaries consist of various contributions by different authors and artists who were on the refugee transport, such as reports, poems, caricatures and illustrations, hand-drawn maps, and photographs that chronicle the voyage to Haifa and life in the British detainment camps on Mauritius.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes

People

  • Zwergbaum, Aharon.

Subjects

  • Jews--Austria--History.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Mauritius.
  • Jews--Austria--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Mauritius.

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.

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