"In His Hand"
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Josephine Guarnieri
Josephine Guarnieri donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2011 with the assistance of Lisa Hnath.
Scope and Content
Consists of one typed memoir, 13 pages, entitled "In His Hand" by Josephine Guarnieri, as told to Lisa Hnath. In the memoir, Mrs. Guarnieri describes her childhood in Settefrati Frosinone, Italy and her memories of being unable to join her father and brother in the United States because of the outbreak of war. She also describes the Allied bombings and going hiding to escape from the bombing and the German occupying troops. She credits God for her family's survival.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--Italy.
Genre
- Document
- Personal Narratives.