Theresienstadt notebook

Identifier
irn44066
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.270.7
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Czech
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn44066

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired this notebook in June 2011.

Scope and Content

Contains one notebook, handwritten in pencil by an unknown author, written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp between 1942-1943. The notebook, consisting of 21 pages, contains quotations from popular authors, philosophers, artists, and others, including Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, John Steinbeck, Margaret Mitchell, Leonardo da Vinci, Dostoyevski, and Buddha. The name "Dita" is written on the inside front cover of the notebook.

System of Arrangement

This collection is arranged in a single series.

Subjects

Genre

  • Document
  • Notebooks.
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