Max Edelman papers

Identifier
irn500739
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0521
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500739

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Max Edelman

Scope and Content

Testimony, typescript, four pages, titled "Liberation Day of a Blind Survivor" by Edelman, written in 1995. Recounts experiences in camps (Flossenbürg), how he was blinded after a severe beating by a guard in 1944, and protected by other prisoners who masked his blindness so he wouldn't be killed. Also contains two copyprint photos of Flossenbürg, as well as a separate copied publication, "Guide to the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp" by Peter Heigl, 29 pages.

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