Karl Schneider memoir

Identifier
irn522603
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.81
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522603

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Doris Doctor donated her father's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Feb. 14, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of two copies of Karl Schneider's memoir of life in the Riga ghetto. He was a member of a transport from Cologne, Germany, which arrived in Riga in December 1941. He remained in the ghetto for the majority of the war, and discusses the establishment of schools and religious practices within the ghetto.

Subjects

  • Riga (Latvia).

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.