Lila Cohn Chudy memoir

Identifier
irn501793
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0315
Dates
1 Jan 1994 - 31 Dec 1994
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Lila Cohn Chudy sent her letter to the Registry of Holocaust Survivors in October 1994. It was transferred to the Archives in November 1997.

Scope and Content

Consists of a handwritten memoir in the form of a three-page letter to the Museum, dated October 9, 1994, from Lila Cohn Chudy (born Lieselotte Cohn), originally of Berlin, Germany. In the memoir, she describes her childhood in Berlin, her deportation to the Theresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp, and her postwar emigration with her husband, Herszel, to the United States. She includes a list of family members.

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.