Liliane Urtreger interview translation

Identifier
irn36346
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.273.1
Dates
1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2008
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36346

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Franck J. Prissert

Franck Prissert donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Sept. 4, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of an English language translation of a French interview with Liliane (Salamea) Kiejzman Urtreger, who spent two years in Auschwitz, where she worked in the Kanada commando. She describes the Sonderkommando uprising and the evacuation of Auschwitz in 1945. After her liberation in May 1945, she returned to France. In the interview, she reflects on why it is so difficult for her to speak about her experiences.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Franck J. Prissert

Subjects

  • Concentration camps--Poland--Oświęcim.

Genre

  • Document
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