A memoir relating to the experiences of the Sass family in Poland during the Holocaust

Identifier

irn500787

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1995.A.0628

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500787

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ms. Bernice Sass

Scope and Content

Testimony, handwritten, 6 pages, in outline form, about experiences of donor's family in eastern Poland under Soviet and German occupation. Describes surviving a Nazi "Aktion" by hiding in attic then fleeing to the forest to live with partisans through duration of occupation.

Genre

Personal narratives.
Document

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