Allerhand and Wohlfeiler families papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alexander and Karin Allerhand.
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Alexander and Karin Allerhand.
Scope and Content
Contains a written testimony by engineer Henryk Yeheskiel Wohlfiler (donor's paternal uncle), describing the process of building the Płaszów concentration camp (dated October 1945 in Kraków, Poland); and a letter written by Dr. Alexander Allerhand (donor's late husband) to Ms. Ewa Koper of the Bełżec Museum, answering her questions related to Dr. Allerhand's deportation and subsequent escape from the transport from Wieliczka to Bełżec in August 1942.
Corporate Bodies
- Płaszów (Concentration camp)
- Belzec (Concentration camp)
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Document
- Letters.