Leo Mantelmacher memoir
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Leo Mantelmacher
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Daniel and Nancy Austin
Gift of Daniel and Nancy Austin, 2017.
Scope and Content
Typescript memoir, 6 pages, by Leo Mantelmacher (1919-2006), titled "How One Brother Saved His Other Brother's Life Without Knowing It." Mantelmacher, originally of Kozienice, Poland, described the experiences of his family in German-occupied Poland during World War II, and in particular, the evacuation of the Jewish population from his hometown of Kozienice in 1942, his own work as a forced laborer, his experiences working as a tailor on the side for Polish overseers, his experiences at various concentration camps (Auschwitz, Dachau, Allach), and those of his siblings, including his brother, Max, and sisters, Ethel, Gitl, and Sarah, who survived various camps.
People
- Mantelmacher, Max.
Subjects
- Allach (Concentration camp)
- Jews--Persecutions--Poland--Kozienice.
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Jews--Poland--Kozienice.
- Kozienice (Poland)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Personal Narratives.
- Document