Jozef Bryf memoir

Identifier
irn42996
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.142.1
Dates
1 Jan 1980 - 31 Dec 1990
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42996

Extent and Medium

folder

1

1 CD,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jacques-Pascal Bryf

Jacques-Pascal Bryf donated a copy of his father's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on March 18, 2011.

Scope and Content

Consists of one CD containing the handwritten memoirs, in Yiddish, of Jozef Bryf. The memoirs, written in the 1980s, cover the period of 1920-1980 and describe Mr. Bryf's childhood in Łaskarzew, Poland, the German bombardment of Warsaw in 1939, and escaping with his future wife, Hanna Bleiwais, into the Soviet occupied territories. In 1941, the couple was deported to Siberia for forced labor, but after a year, moved to Tashkent, where they spent the war. After the liberation of the area, they moved back to Poland, from which they escaped in 1946 and ultimately joined family in France.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Jacques-Pascal Bryf

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Personal narratives, Jewish.

Genre

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.