The memoirs of Tova Klein Sego during World War

Identifier
irn519584
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0195
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519584

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

This collection was brought to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives by the author's daughter, Esther Brink, in Apr. 1997.

Scope and Content

Contains Tova Klein Sego's account of her experiences in Kassa, Hungary, (until 1938 known as Košice, Slovakia) during the Holocaust; her life in the ghetto; her escape to Slovakia where she was reunited with her sister, Margaret; the arrival of her parents and brother, Michael, a few weeks later; their life in hiding in various villages and in the mountains; their liberation by the Russians in February 1945; and their reunion with other members of their immediate family and return to Košice.

Subjects

  • Hungary.
  • Spain.

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.