"Events in the ghetto: a memoir"

Identifier
irn501493
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0399
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
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 1996 by Aron Einat

Scope and Content

This handwritten and transcribed oral testimony completed in 1947 at the Warsaw Archive contains information on the Zalkind Family; Germany's invasion of Vilna in 1941; killing of the grandmother, father and uncle of Aron Einat [donor]; life in Vilna Ghetto and concentration camp with donor's mother and brother; liquidation of the camp; hiding during a children's action; being sent to Łódź where donor survived the Holocaust, etc.

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.