Heilbrunner: Eyewitness account of life in Dachau
Extent and Medium
1 folder
Biographical History
The (apparent) author, Heilbrunner, was the brother-in-law of Erich Ganz, another inmate and the relative of Rudolph Benario who was murdered by 2 camp officers.
Archival History
The provenance of the manuscript is unknown.
Scope and Content
Typescript memoir of life in Dachau by a Jewish inmate, Heilbrunner, in 1933. Written in the form of a narrative in the first person and structured into four chapters, it describes in some detail the conditions in the camp and the brutality of the camp guards. It contains manuscript annotations and corrections.
German Typescript 54 pages
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Subjects
- Dachau (concentration camp)
- Contemporary accounts [1933-1945]
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