Isadore Berenstein memoir

Identifier
irn501728
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0277
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501728

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Isadore Berenstein

This collection was forwarded to the Archives by Amy Rubin, Oral History Department, in July 1997. Isadore Berenstein sent a revised copy of his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Feb. 1999. Isadore Berenstein's granddaughter dropped off a revised copy of his memoir on Jan. 30, 2002. The older version was sent back to him on Jan. 30, 2002.

Scope and Content

Contains a memoir, 92 pages, which documents Isadore Berenstein's Holocaust-related experiences in Sochocin, Poland, and in Auschwitz concentration camp.

People

  • Berenstein, Isadore.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Jews--Poland--Sochocin--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography.

Genre

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