Panama Canal plot written by Eric Rath

Identifier
irn500325
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0397
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

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

Sylvia Rath donated the Panama Canal plot to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.

Scope and Content

Testimony, typescript, 268 pages, titled "I Pledged Myself" by Eric Rath, originally written in 1946 and edited and researched by Sylvia Rath and Carol Jackson in 1987. Slightly novelized memoir of Eric Rath, discussing origins and family in Frankfurt, Germany, an escape from Germany, and experiences in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.

System of Arrangement

The Panama Canal plot is arranged in a single series.

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