Memoirs Wspomnienia

Identifier
irn524073
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.41
  • RG-15.117M
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524073

Extent and Medium

56,133 digital files, PDF

91 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Państwowe Muzeum Oświęcim-Brzezinka, Poland (State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau). Memoirs were contributed by former prisoners of the Auschwitz-Birkenau, written after the end of the war, and collected by the Archives at the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim. The collection is open, which means that memoirs and testimonies are still being collected. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in April 2007. This is an ongoing project.

Scope and Content

The collection contains several hundred of memoirs, testimonies and diaries of former prisoners of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, collected over several decades after World War II. This collection provides personal insights into the experiences of prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The collection is open, memoirs and testimonies are still being collected.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. The memoirs are organized by author names and memoir title in 251 volumes.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--Oświęcim--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Oświęcim.
  • Poland--World War,1939-1945--Atrocities--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Holocaust survivors--Poland.

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.

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