"Das Heldentum der Besatzung des Krematorium, 1.10.1944, Der Aufstandt im Sonderkommando Auschwitz-Birkenau"

Identifier

irn502721

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1989.129
RG-02.020

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502721

Extent and Medium

folder

Creator(s)

Stanislaw Gwizdka

Biographical History

Stanislaw Gwizdka is a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Stanislaw Gwizdka in 1989.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of testimony form Stanislaw Gwizdka regarding the revolt of the crematoria work crew in Auschwitz-Birkenau on October 1, 1944.

People

Gwizdka, Stanislaw.

Corporate Bodies

Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel

Subjects

Kapos.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
Sonderkommandos.

Genre

Personal narratives.
Document

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.