Harry Burger, a Holocaust survivor memoir of the war - 1938-1945

Identifier
irn502735
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.074
  • RG-02.027
Dates
1 Jan 1986 - 31 Dec 1986
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502735

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Harry Burger

Biographical History

Harry Burger was born May 10, 1924, in Vienna, Austria. He fled Austria with his family after the Anschluss and eventually became involved in underground resistance in Italy. His father, Elias burger, perished at Auschwitz. Harry later immigrated to the United States and settled in Missouri.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Harry Burger in 1990.

Scope and Content

The manuscript was transcribed from audiotapes of oral testimony from Holocaust survivor Harry Burger. It includes information about the persecution of Jews in Austria from 1933 to 1945, Harry Burger's flight into Italy and France, his imprisonment at the Sospel camp, and his participation in an underground resistance movement.

People

  • Harry Burger
  • Burger, Harry, 1924-

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Prisons.
  • Sabotage--Poland.
  • Nice (France)
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Jews--Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Italy.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Sospel (France)

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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