Oscar Lichtenstern memoir

Identifier
irn500808
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0528
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500808

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Oscar Lichtenstern

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Karen H. Fishman

Scope and Content

Testimony, typescript, titled "My Struggle for Survival" by Oscar Lichtenstern. Appears to have originally been written in another language (German or Dutch) shortly after the war, and the present version translated by his granddaughter, Ruth Lichtenstern Fishman, in 1992. Detailed account of occupation of Netherlands, life in ghetto, deportation first to Westerbork, then Theresienstadt.

People

  • Lichtenstern, Oscar.

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.