"Memories of dark times The days of the Holocaust"
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The memoir was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ernest Kaufman in 1997.
Scope and Content
Testimony: Printed text, 24 pages, titled "Memories of Dark Times: The Days of the Holocaust," by Ernest D. Kaufman, written in 1997. Details childhood in Essen, Germany, family's move to Amsterdam, German occupation of Netherlands, deportation to Theresienstadt, life there and eventual liberation in 1945, return to Netherlands and immigration to U.S.
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Document