Chaim Piotrkowski collection

Identifier
irn501449
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0414
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501449

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Hercko Ciesluk
  • Chaim Piotrkowski

Biographical History

Chaim Piotrkowski was born in 1927 in Łódź. He survived the Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Lieberose and relocated to Israel after the war.

Hercko (Hersz) Ciesluk was born in 1916 in Stawiska, Poland, and survived the Białystok ghetto, Bliżyn labor camp, Lieberose, Gross Rosen, and Mauthausen.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Chaim Piotrkowski donated the Chaim Piotrkowski collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.

Scope and Content

The Chaim Piotrkowski collection consists of a photocopy of Piotrkowski's personal narrative about his experiences in the Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Lieberose, written in English; a photocopy of Hercko Ciesluk's personal narrative about his experiences in the Bialystok ghetto, Bliżyn labor camp, Lieberose, Gross Rosen, and Mauthausen, written in Yiddish in 1947; and Piotrkowski’s English translation of Ciesluk's personal narrative.

System of Arrangement

The Chaim Piortkowski collection is arranged as a single series: I. Chaim Piotrkowski collection, approximately 1994-1995.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Chaim Piotrkowski

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.