"80574"

Identifier
irn501691
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0169
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1997
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Renee Schick

Renee Schick donated this English language summary of a portion of the memoir "Krankengymnastin" to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997. Ms. Schick was acting as a literary agent for Ms. Naor. Ms. Schick donated a copy of the original German language transcript of the memoir, which is located as 1996.A.0351. The published version of "Krankengymnastin in Auschwitz" can be located in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Library at RM699.7.N36 A3 1986. Please also see Ms. Naor's book "Hotel Excelsior", located at RM699.7.N36 A3 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of one typed portion of a memoir, 37 pages, entitled "80574" written by Simha Naor, born Stella Silberstein, 1899-1994, originally of Vienna, Austria. In the memoir, which was written based on the diary she began immediately after liberation, Simha describes her arrest in southern France in 1943, her deportation to Drancy and almost immediately thereafter, to Auschwitz. She describes the process of arriving at Auschwitz, the architecture of the barracks, and life with fellow prisoners. The memoir, which is incomplete, contains a preface by Tisa von der Schulenburg. The original German language transcript of the complete memoir is located in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Library and in the Archives, and is entitled "Krankengymnastin in Auschwitz: Aufzeichnungen des Haftlings, Ausgabe 80574."

Genre

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