Remember not to forget: memoirs of a survivor of the Holocaust

Identifier
irn502737
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.075
  • RG-02.028
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502737

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Clara Horowitz

Biographical History

Clara (Chaje) Horowitz was born 29 Nov 1914 in Czortkow, Poland. Along with her husband, she elected to spend the years of the Holocaust in hiding. At the end of World War II, the Horowitz family entered a displaced persons camp, where they lived for five years before immigrating to the United States. Clara settled in Brooklyn, New York.

Archival History

Clara Horowitz

Acquisition

"Remember not to forget: memoirs of a survivor of the Holocaust" apparently was written by Clara Horowitz sometime in the 1970s.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the life of Clara Horowitz in Czortkow, Poland, before, during, and after World War II. In the form of a poem, Horowitz describes life in the ghetto, atrocities against Polish Jews, and her life in hiding. Specific dates are not mentioned in the poem.The poem was likely authored by Clara in the 1970s.

People

  • Horowitz, Clara.
  • Horowitz, Chaje.

Subjects

  • Emigration and immigration--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--Poland.
  • Atrocities.
  • Forced migration--Poland.
  • Chortkiv (Ukraine)
  • Jews--Relocation--Poland.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Poetry.

Genre

  • Document
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