War Refugee Board report on Auschwitz

Identifier
irn503414
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.095
  • RG-04.016.01
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

2 microfiche,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The copy was made from the original in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration. The copy was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Rabbi Eugene Lipman through Linda Kuzmack.

Scope and Content

Consists of the November 1944 published report of the War Refugee Board which contains the testimony of two Slovak Jews and a non-Jewish Polish soldier. The report involves eyewitness testimony of conditions in Auschwitz and other concentration camps during their years of operation. Among the topics discussed are methods of killing, succession of identification numbers, and transports from various ghettos and Nazi camps.

People

Corporate Bodies

Genre

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.