Some of my experiences during the Holocaust 1939-1945

Identifier
irn502537
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0289
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502537

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

George Freshman sent his memoir to the Registry of Holocaust Survivors; the date of receipt is unknown. The Registry transferred the memoir to the Archives in Sept. 1997.

Scope and Content

Contains George Freshman's typewritten memoir, four pages, describing life in Grojec, Poland before and after the German invasion; conditions in the Grojec, Warsaw and Bialobzegi ghettos; his deportation to Auschwitz concentration camp and subsequent transfers to Radom concentration camp, to Weihingen, Unterrichsingen Unterriexingen and Kochendorf labor camps, and to Dachau concentration camp where he was liberated by American troops on May 8, 1945; his postwar return to Poland; and his emigration to the United States in 1949.

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.