Rolf Pakuscher: report re departure from Auschwitz
Extent and Medium
c20 frames
Biographical History
The author, Rolf Pakuscher, was the nephew of Frank Martin (formerly Martin F. Salomon), a former Pioneers Corps comrade of the depositor. The depositor met Rolf Pakuscher when he went to Hamburg in 1946 whilst working for the Control Commission. Pakuscher is described as being approximately 30 years of age at the time, engaged to a young, non-Jewish woman.
Archival History
It was given to the depositor by the author and deposited probably some time in 1972. The name of the depositor is illegible.
Acquisition
Donated 1972?
Scope and Content
This report provides an account by a former Auschwitz inmate of the last days of the camp and of the subsequent fate of prisoners who ended up in Sachsenhausen.
In addition to the original typescript report, there is a transcript by the depositor and notes regarding provenance and authorship by the depositor. The report is missing at least one page and the transcript is incomplete. The partial transcription of the report was an attempt to make the text of the original more accessible. The depositor does not know the intended readership of the original.
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Use MF Doc 54/ Reel 28
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Microfilm
People
- Pakuscher, Rolf
Subjects
- Auschwitz-Monowitz (sub camp of Auschwitz)
- Sachsenhausen (concentration camp)
- Liberation
- Death marches
- Reports
- Auschwitz main camp (concentration camp)