Moses and Miriyam Goldshmidt collection

Identifier
irn501151
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1166
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Moses Goldshmidt

Scope and Content

Testimony, circa 60 pages, typescript, titled "From the Abyss to Freedom: The Story of a Survivor of the Death Camps, 1939-1945," by Moshe Goldschmidt, composed in Hebrew. Describes pre-war life in Bialystok, invasion and occupation by Soviets, then Germans; life in Bialystok ghetto, then a succession of camps (Belzec, Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Gusen). Accompanying account of Miriam Goldschmidt (95 pages, handwritten, in notebook) is also in Hebrew. Miriam describes family's life in eastern Slovakia, then Hungary, followed by German occupation, deportation to camps including Stutthof. Also a couple of photocopied documents from post-war period..

People

Genre

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