Reuven Taibel memoir

Identifier
irn518525
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.401
Dates
1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518525

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Reuven Taibel donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Sept. 28, 2006, with the assistance of his cousin, Basil Taibel, and Morris Rosen, a volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 4 pages, regarding the Holocaust experiences of Reuven Taibel, originally of Vilkemeer, Lithuania. During the German invasion on June 22, 1941, Reuven and his father were separated from his mother and siblings while attempting to flee east. His mother and siblings were taken to the Paryuena forest, shot, and buried in a mass grave. Reuven and his father escaped to Kusnotchik, where his father joined the Lithuanian army and Reuven lived in a children's home. His father remarried in 1944, and after the war ended, Reuven's new stepmother found Reuven in a children's home in Vilnius. Reuven and his father were reunited in late 1945.

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.