"Our Great Escape": Alexander Silbiger memoir

Identifier
irn517843
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.27
Dates
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517843

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Dr. Alexander Silbiger donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jan. 18, 2006.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 39 pages, entitled "Our Great Escape: The Story of a Dutch Family's Flight from Persecution," by Alexander Silbiger, originally of The Hague, The Netherlands. He describes his family's attempts to escape the Nazi regime in 1942, by traveling through Belgium and France before finally leaving Europe. The family first went to Jamaica and then spent the rest of the war in Curacao.

Genre

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