"Plungyan" memoir

Identifier
irn522008
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.417
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522008

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Rabbi Benjamin Herson donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 8, 2000. He asked the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to obtain permission from Mr. Jacob Bunka, who granted his permission to the donation on Aug. 16, 2004.

Scope and Content

Consists of a memoir, 60 pages, written by Jacob Josef Bunka, entitled "Plungyan." In this memoir, Mr. Bunka describes the history of Jewish life in Plungyan, Lithuania (also known as Plunge), and his experiences in Plungyan in the early years of the war, evacuation to Russia, and return to Plungyan after the war. He includes the names of Jews who perished, of Lithuanian collaborators, and of Righteous Gentiles. The memoir has been translated into English by Stephen Geller Katz and edited by Rabbi Beyamin Herson. The collection includes a photocopy of the original memoir in Yiddish.

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.