"Story of a Jew who Fled Treblinka in August 1943"

Identifier

irn39746

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2010.340
RG-04.084

Level of Description

Item

Languages

Hebrew

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39746

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired this collection in March 2010.

Scope and Content

Consists of one typed document, 6 pages, in Hebrew, regarding the escape of a man named "D.M." who escaped Treblinka on August 30, 1943. The document describes D.M.'s experiences hiding under a pile of garments and then fleeing the camp with two other boys, as well as his description of life in the extermination camp. The document was published by the secretariat of the Kibbutz Meuchad "Ha-Chalutz" committee and is dated October 4, 1943.

Corporate Bodies

Treblinka (Concentration camp)

Subjects

Escapes.
Operation Reinhard, Poland, 1942-1943.

Genre

Personal narratives.
Document

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.