Samuel Gerstenfeld memoir
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Samuel Gerstenfeld
Biographical History
Samuel Gerstenfeld was born 26 Jan 1920 in Kielce, Poland. He was imprisoned at three camps during the Holocaust, including Auschwitz. He was liberated from Trzebinia.
Archival History
Mr. Samuel Gerstenfeld
Acquisition
The memoir was written by Samuel Gerstenfeld ca. 1991. It was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives via Michael Berenbaum, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Project Director, on 21 Dec 1991.
Scope and Content
Consist of a copy of a handwritten memoir by Samuel Gerstenfeld. The memoir describes his experiences of antisemitism in pre-World War II Poland, discrimination against Jews in business and education, his life in the Kielce ghetto, and his escape from the Blizyn camp. The memoir also contains detailed information concerning the Gerstenfeld family genealogy.
People
- Gerstenfeld, Herschel.
- Kaner, Jankel.
- Weltman, Gucia.
- Gerstehfeld family.
- Kaner, Ruchla.
- Gerstenfeld, Samuel.
- Gerstenfeld, Cesia.
Corporate Bodies
- Trzebinia (Concentration camp)
- Blizyn (Concentration camp)
- AK-Home Army (Poland)
- Betar
Subjects
- Zionism.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kielce.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Discrimination in education--Poland.
- Escapes.
- Antisemitism--Poland.
- Genealogy.
- Diseases.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- Jews--Poland.
- Holocaust survivors.
Genre
- Document
- Personal Narratives.