Sarra Gimelshtein collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
Sarra Gimelshtein donated her memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 with the assistance of her relative, Jennifer White.
Scope and Content
Consists of a handwritten, bound memoir, written by Sarra Gimelshtein relating to her experience in the ghetto in Minsk, Belarus. In the memoir, she describes her experiences as a young child fleeing the liquidation of the Minsk ghetto and escaping into Poland, where she survived the war.
People
- Gimelshtein, Sarra.
Subjects
- Jewish ghettos--Belarus--Minsk.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.
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