Transport EK document

Identifier
irn524124
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.338.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524124

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Anne Friedberger donated this document to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 18, 2007. Gerald Friedberger is her late husband

Scope and Content

Consists of one post-war document, undated, containing a description of the experiences of the men in Transport "EK." On September 28, 1944, almost 2500 people were deported from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz. In October, the group of men who survived the initial selection were divided into transports for forced labor. Transport "EK" was sent to the Taucha concentration camp, where they spend the rest of the war assembling German weaponry in the Hasag factory. The document also gives a description of the route the men took during a forced march in April and May 1945, before they were liberated on May 9, 1945. Gerald Friedberger (donor's husband) was a survivor of the transport.

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.