Ben Giladi papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Ben Giladi
Biographical History
Ben Giladi (1925-2012) was born in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. Following the German invasion in 1939, he spent his adolescent years in the Piotrków ghetto, working in a glass factory. When the ghetto was dissolved, he was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp, and later, to Dora-Mittelbau. He was liberated in Nordhausen in April 1945, and returned to Poland, studying at the University of Łódź, before immigrating to Israel in 1950. There he married Guta (Tova) Flatto, also a native of Piotrków, and in 1959 the Giladis immigrated to the United States, settling in Kew Gardens, New York. Ben Giladi was the longtime editor of several newsletter publications of the Piotrków Trybunalski Survivors Association, as well as the editor of the book "A Tale of One City: Piotrków Trybunalski" (New York: Shengold Publications, 1991).
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ben Giladi and Tova Giladi
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Tova Giladi.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, notes, reports, essays, photographs, publications, and related materials created and collected by Ben Giladi in his role as a leader of the Piotrków Trybunalski Survivors Association, and as editor of its newsletters "New Bulletin" and "The Voice."
People
- Ben Giladi
- Giladi, Ben.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Poland
- Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland)
- Holocaust Survivor -- Associations, institutions, etc.
Genre
- Document