Michael Kishel memoir

Identifier
irn503625
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-02.066.01
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503625

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Michael Kishel

Biographical History

Michael Kishel, an author and survivor of several camps including Auschwitz, was born in Kaluszyn (Kalushin), Poland.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Mr. Kishel's account of his own Holocaust experiences was written in 1982, and typed in 1983; this donation includes the original typescript. Susan Bachrach of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum I.D. Project sent the memoir to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Oct. 1992 and Mr. Kishel signed a donor agreement on 8 Nov. 1992.

Scope and Content

Contains information about Michael Kichel's (Meilech Kisielnicki) escape from deportations in Kałuszyn (Kalushin), Poland; his life in hiding in Warsaw, Poland; his escape from a deportation from the Warsaw ghetto; his internment in Majdanek and subsequent internment at Auschwitz-Birkenau; his experiences working in the Birkenau camp; his transport to the Lagischa camp near Sosnowiec, Poland; his stay at the Bunawerke (I. G. Farben complex); and his participation in a death march.

People

  • Kishel, Michael.
  • Michael Kishel

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genre

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