"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

Extent and Medium

folder

1

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.

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