The Judith Sherman collection
Acquisition
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jenna M. Lichtenstein
Scope and Content
Consists of one report, entitled "Never Forget: A Survivor's Holocaust Experience," written by Jenna M. Lichtenstein, including a biography of Judith Sherman, a Holocaust survivor, and a history of the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia. Also includes two DVDs of oral history testimony from Judith Sherman, conducted by Jenna Lichtenstein. Mrs. Sherman, originally of Kurima, Czechoslovakia, spent much of the war hiding in various situations before being taken to Auschwitz and transferred to Ravensbrück in 1944. She was liberated by Russian soldiers while on a death march from Ravensbrück in 1945. Also includes one CD-ROM of the text of the report.
Genre
- Collection