"The gray coat"

Identifier
irn500587
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0043
  • RG-02.227
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500587

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Alice Shragai

Scope and Content

Contains a memoir which Alice Shragai [donor] describes as a kind of diary about her experiences growing up in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, her experiences with anti-Semitisim, and involvement with a Zionist organization called Betarim. She discusses her life in the Riga ghetto and deportation to Auschwitz along with her return home and eventual emigration to Israel and later the United States.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Alice Shragai

Subjects

  • Zionism--Palestine--History.
  • Czechoslovakia--Emigration and immigration--History--20th Century.

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.