"Fort Montluc and Ravensbrück" a record of imprisonment

Identifier

irn502754

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1991.A.0069
RG-02.038

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English
French

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502754

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

University of Nebraska at Lincoln - Library

Acquisition

The testimony was given to Elsie Thomas of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln by Caroline Ferriday. Ferriday received the testimony from a "French friend" who wished to remain anonymous. Because of the delicate condition of the original, Ms. Thomas had it photocopied and presented the copy to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives along with an English translation prepared by an unknown translator.

Scope and Content

Consists of copies of a memoir of an anonymous Holocaust survivor. A member of the French resistance, the young woman was captured by the Gestapo and subjected to severe treatment. The testimony describes her deportation from France to Ravensbrück, slave labor in a German plane factory, experiences with female SS guards, her many illnesses as a prisoner, and her eventual liberation by the Red Army.

Corporate Bodies

France. Armée. Etat-Major. Deuxième Bureau.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel.
Montluc (Prison : France)
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
Schönefeld (Concentration camp)
Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡.
Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
Oranienburg (Concentration camp)
Germany. Geheime Staatspolizei.

Subjects

Women concentration camp guards.
Lesbians.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
Death marches.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
Holocaust survivors.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
Blockälteste.

Genre

Autobiographies.
Document

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