"Life Story of a Holocaust Survivor from Shaulen, Lithuania who Lived his Life to Help Others"
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Harry Demby donated his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Dec. 9, 2003.
Scope and Content
Consists of one memoir, 16 pages, titled "Life Story of a Holocaust Survivor from Shaulen, Lithuania who Lived his Life to Help Others," by Harry Demby, originally of Shaulen (Schaulen; Šiaulai), Lithuania. In the memoir, Mr. Demby describes his life in the Kaukaz (Kaukazas) and Traku St. (Trakai) sections of the ghetto in Šiaulai, his deportation to Stutthof in 1944, his liberation from Dachau, his displaced persons experiences and his post-war life. The memoir includes copies of photographs.
Genre
- Personal Narratives.
- Document