Eugenia Halbreich papers

Identifier
irn508123
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0239
  • RG-10.190
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508123

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Eugenia Halbreich

Biographical History

Eugenia Halbreicht (née Sperber) is a survivor of Auschwitz. She testified in a Polish court in Krakow for th Committee Examining Crimes Perpetrated by Hitler.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Eugenia Halbreich donated her collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of copies of a typescript memoir in English and Polish, circa 1945, entitled "It only works three times"; a photocopy of a poem titled "Birkenau" with translation; a photocopy of a news review from an unknown publication about Eugenia Halbreich's memoir; a poem titled "It hurts"; one photograph, and one photocopy of a photograph of Henryk Sperber, Eugenia Halbreich's brother; and a list of decorations awarded to Polish resistance fighters after the war by President Boleslaw Bierut.

People

  • Eugenia Halbreich
  • Halbreich, Eugenia.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • War crime trials--Poland.
  • War crimes--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • World War, 1939-1945.

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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