Sam and Susan Gasson papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Susan Gasson
- Sam Gasson
Biographical History
Susan Gasson (1926-2015) was born Susan Elefant on 20 December 1926 in Sighet (Sighetu Marmației, Romania) to Josef Eugen and Frida Szok. In May 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz II-Birkenau. She was transferred in October 1944 as a forced-laborer to work camps in Nuremberg and Mehltheuer.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sam Gasson
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Sam and Susan Gasson in 1998.
Scope and Content
The papers relate to Sam and Susan Gasson's experiences as displaced persons after World War II and their immigration to the United States in 1948.
People
- Susan Gasson
- Gasson, Sam.
- Sam Gasson
- Gasson, Susan.
Corporate Bodies
- Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America
Subjects
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Ex-concentration camp inmates.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
Genre
- Identification cards.
- Document