The Izyaslavl ghetto in 1941

Identifier
irn501810
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0403
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501810

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Yuri Stern, a relative of the author, gave the memoir to Walter Reich on Sept. 23, 1997. Walter Reich transferred it to the Archives Oct. 7, 1997.

Scope and Content

Contains a photocopy of Toiba Shulimovna Shtern's memoir describing life in Izyaslavl, Ukraine following the German invasion in May 1941; her escape with her mother shortly thereafter to Moscow, Russia; and her 5-day visit to Izyaslavl in 1979 during which she went to see the area of the former Yzyaslavl ghetto and several sites of mass shootings of Jews, and spoke with former neighbors and friends who told her about the liquidation of the Izyaslavl ghetto in the fall of1941.

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.