"Zigi's Story"

Identifier
irn36183
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.186.1
Dates
1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2008
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zygmunt Shipper

Zygmunt Shipper donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 10 pages, entitled "Zigi's Story," by Zygmunt (Zigi) Shipper. In his memoir, Mr. Shipper describes his childhood in Łódź, his memories of life in the Łódź ghetto, and his forced labor in a metal factory, where he worked until July 1944. He was deported to Auschwitz then to a series of camps, including Stutthof. At the end of the war, he was sent on a forced march and ended up being placed on a barge near Neustadt, witnessing the accidental British bombing of another boat also containing prisoners. He was liberated by the British Army and settled in England, where he married and raised a family.

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